i understandanke, this might be her final monetary policy report here before the committee before the end of your term as chairman of the federal reserve. and i am sure you will miss us, but i want to thank you for your hard work and dedication, and your service to the country, especially during a time of crisis, and i appreciate your service. we seem to be experiencing a trend where our economy and employment are growing, but we have a ways to dig ourselves out of the deep hole caused by the financial crisis. unemployment is down, but it is still 7.6%.more than a third of the people who are unemployed ed, whichterm unemploymen is a true crisis for the 4 million individuals and families caught in this situation. and as you have discussed, long- term unemployment can have serious consequences that make it harder for people to maintain skills to reenter the workforce. my question is -- while the economy is recovering, we still have a lot of work to do to get full employment and strong run- based growth. -- brought-based growth. based growth. with core inflation well below the target and