Michael Niemira Quotes

We did see a boost from gas prices, we're also coming off a big surge in building materials. So there were some big swings in some components of the report. But broadly, even excluding the volatile cars component, the gain was 0.7 percent, which is still quite healthy.

- Michael Niemira

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