And the data is out to make Job Job Jobs Report.

172,000.

Is there any doubt that this anecdote, Levin, it's about a good labor market, has been very correct?

That is a really strong number.

And last month, well, we had a revision from $115,000 to $179,000, which means the two-month revision has got to be over 90,000.

That is a good number.

Even manufacturing posted a 7,000 job gain.

So how strong is 172,000?

That would be the best number since 185,000 in March. These are

solid numbers. If we look at what's going on with average hourly earnings, average hourly

earnings come in at three-tenths as expected. If we look at average hourly earnings year over

year, 3.4 as expected. And I would like to point out

that on the month over month, 0.3 is a 10th higher than the 0.2 in the rearview mirror. But the 3.4

year over year is 2 tenths light. Two tens light. 3.4 would equal where we were in March. We started the year at 3.7.

Okay. Now if we look at the work week, and the work week of course has been getting a bit smaller.

The average work week is coming in at 34.3 as expected. The unemployment rate, drum roll, please, 4.3. Well, we didn't really need the

drum roll. That is a very, very nice, historically low rate, and it's pretty steady there.

As a matter of fact, we're at 4.3 every month this year, except for February, we're at 4.4. Labor

Force participation rate, it's been moving lower. You know,

last month it moved to 61.8. That was the smallest since September of 21,

and that's where it's camping out at 61.8. And that's really depressing. You know,

you read these statistics about how many able-bodied workers are not working or looking for work.

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