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This in person. we brought together business and labor leaders to solve problems and much -- the much predicted crisis didn't occur. packages are moving. gifts are being delivered. shelves are not empty. experts in this field look at two statistics for retail inventories which is how many goods -- how many good retailers have on hand, and the phrase on shelf availability. it measures how many goods are actually on the shelves there to be purchased. today retail inventories are up 3% from last year. inventories are healthy, and on shelf availability before the pandemic was about 91%. today it's...

>> inventories are healthy, and on shelf availability before the pandemic was about 91%. today it's at 90%. 9 0%. i'm sure you can go and find some shelf where it's empty because a particular sort of gift is popular. i don't know. but 90% availability. >> consumers don't seem to feel the impact in terms of inflation. joining us now, monica alba, phil rucker, and douglas, president of the american action from action -- excuse me -- action action forum. and a former director at the congressional budget office which is how we first met. doug, thank you. and monica, tell me the main message. the p...