assessing where we are and trying to address the issues in front of us in an effort to try to accelerate the course of the recovery. try telling that to someone paying 6.3% more for food and 50% more for the gas to fill up their car. back to you guys. dana: thanks, edward. bill: we are now learning, dana, that we will not get that decision today from the u.s. supreme court. so we re on stand by for that. on the inflation number here headline wall street journal. what inflation costs workers. the quote, a wage price spiral also appears to be settling in as workers demand more to offset rising prices and businesses pass along the higher costs and still higher prices. the biden powell inflation is costing average workers dearly. this is a story that s with us for some time now. nobody knows how it ends. check out phil graham s piece