What's driving June's CPI inflation? Strip out pandemic-affected sectors like hotels/autos, month/month core inflation up just 0.2% in June – trending down from 0.3% in April/May. IOW, supply-chain constraints that we expect to ease.

You know how much I love the crisply swingin' piano of Wynton Kelly. Every phrase, every note just pops such that you've got to snap fingers, tap toes, and elevate to a higher grooveplane than that we normally inhabit. Am I right?? youtube.com/watch?v=7VbuIa…

Great to chat with you this AM! I said "elevated prices" not "elevated crisis."

As expected, the June consumer price index (CPI) released today shows that inflation remains higher than we would like. It bears repeating, however, that inflation is not an issue for the economic package that Congress and President Biden are working to enact. 1/5

As he just said, President Donald J. Trump is the president of ALL Americans, and for Rs who voted against the infrastructure law: "I'll see you at the groundbreaking."

I've long been remiss in sharing must-hear music, so allow me to more than remedy that with this up-tempo, on-fire jam from Kenny Baron's trio. Check out where he goes at 2:55 as he shifts the trio in overdrive! youtube.com/watch?app=desk…

Is it me or is this just a very seriously deep groove? m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q23J0u…

Uh huh. Yep. I’m hearing that.

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