know, there are some glitches. i know we're going to talk about inflation, but we are far closer to regaining the jobs lost due to the pandemic than i think almost anybody expected. so by most normal standards, this has been a really good year. the trouble is actually convincing enough people that it has actually happened. >> inflation is a worldwide phenomenon now. how much of the inflation that this country is enduring now is attributable to government policy? >> i would say not very much. there's some. you know, those programs, the american rescue plan sustained purchasing power, and americans have been buying a lot of stuff. and a lot of what they've been buying is physical stuff. you couldn't go to the gym, so you bought exercise equipment. and that has clogged supply chains, and that's part of the reason for the inflation.