when doves cry. the game of tetris first dropped. wendy s taunted competition with the question, where s the beef? and joining us now, president biden s top economic adviser brian deese. he s the director of the national economic council. brian, great to have you here. we can all celebrate the positive economic news that we got today. but still too many americans are feeling really good about their personal financial situation. what do you say to those americans who are paying more for the basics like gas and groceries and are struggling to make ends meet right now? how should they manage their day-to-day? well, what i d say is first it s important to reflect on the historic progress. as you just noted, strongest growth in nearly 40 years. and in the fourth quarter we saw some positive news of companies rebuilding inventories which suggests progress in moving supplies through the supply chain. and at the same time we have a real challenge of getting prices, price increases down and