text:  they're still losing ground to the rest of the country because the rest of the country is growing even faster. And so that shouldn't come as a huge surprise. I think the absolute turnaround is more important than the relative performance to the rest of the country. But inflation has really taken a hit out of these communities. So that's also kind of the other side of the coin here is that they're still struggling. John Latere is the president of the Economic Innovation Group. Thank you for being here.