these higher prices and then realize we're still going to fly we're just going to pay more for it raji horner you are always so great a wealth of information we're really pleased that you spent time with us rosie horner futures and currency expert at simpler trading had a great weekend. thank you. the u.s. commerce department reported that the first quarter growth the g.d.p. came in at two point three percent beating some economists expectations of one point eight percent although it is down from the q four g.d.p. of two point nine percent for a recollection of what happened last year the economy grew two point three percent for all of last year twenty seventeen which is actually a big increase over twenty sixteen of one point five percent and related to the commerce department we always report on and discuss those u.s. monthly employment numbers the unemployment numbers which are released by the department's bureau of labor statistics the b.l.s. on the first friday of the month so we'll get to those april numbers next week but something occurred to us which we thought merited more of an in-d