. >>> ethan harris joins us now for more analysis on the jobs report, and he is head of global economics at bank of america merrill lynch. welcome, ethan, nice to have you yore. >> thank >> when you look at this report, what's not to like? even the participation rate w good. >> yeah, this was a check all the box report. there's one factoid you didn't mention. payrollwnobs have g an average of 240,000 over the last three months. that's abo double the normal pace of job growth in a trend-like economy so this was a very, very robust report. >> wage gwth 3% year over year. that's above what the fed had been looking for, but yet they're willing to be patient in raising rates down the road. is there disconnect there at all? >> no, i don't tnk so. i think that after two years of a hot labor market, we're now ingetting the of wage gains you would expect, but it hasn't anslated into price inflation. i think the fed is in a pretty patient mood ther they want to see first evidence his recent stock market shock isn't really hurting the economy, and they're going to wait a while just to fige that out