Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 003-094 Date: Thursday, May 20, 1971 at 3:56 PM Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P. Recording device: White House Telephone Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-094 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [0:00] On the button, sir. [0:01] Hello. [0:01] Mr. President? [0:02] Yeah. [0:02] On the consumer's price index figure, we have another good reading. [0:07] Yeah. [0:07] Not too bad, huh? [0:08] It's up three-tenths, both unadjusted and seasonally adjusted. [0:11] That's good. [0:12] Good, good. [0:12] So running the year so far on a seasonally adjusted basis, we have three-tenths, two-tenths, two-tenths, three-tenths. [0:19] So we're staying right in there. [0:21] Good, good. [0:21] Okay, great, great. [0:23] Thanks.