But competition was set to restrain the ability of the manufacturing of those payment tariffs or higher Labor Compensation to pass that along. Some of the details we saw was like philly and cleveland. Richmond said there was strong volume at ports as there were a lot of imports to get ahead of some of the expected tariffs st. Louis and kansas city said farmers suffered because of depressed crop prices because of tariffs. Lets talk about the job situation, which is a completely different picture of the economy. Employment grew at a modest pace labor markets, however, set to be tight and there was a lot of difficulty filling open positions. Youve heard that before but they went on to say there were continued worker shortages across most sectors, especially construction, technology and health care. A staffing worker in the minneapolis district said its the toughest market they have ever seen. There were concerns about renewing and securing work visas. Compensation, however, grew at a mode