professor koonin, thank you. >>> time for breaking economic data.sing starts month of may. a big miss here. looking for a number around 1.37 million. 1 million 277,000. 1 million 277,000. that is the lightest going back to june of 2020. on the permit side, well, on the permit side we were looking for a number around 1.45 million. we end up with another miss at 1 million 386,000. 1 million 386,000 is the lightest level going back. also to june of 2020. initial jobless claims. 238,000. that's from a slightly revised 243,000. call it down 5,000, shall we? and 238,000 is the lightest level of just going back to the last week in may, because the rearview mirror of 243,000, well, that was the largest number going back to august of '23. now, let's look at continuing claims. 1 million 828,000. that's a little higher than expected. it follow as slightly revised 1 million 813,000, and that is the biggest number actually interesting. that's the biggest number. we have to go way back leer. th back here. biggest number since -- wow. really is something. november