Thanks for the explanation. There's still something (well lots) strange to me.

What are these people doing? I read COVID assistance had dried up (?), and still people are not going back into the workforce?

Isn't wage inflation supposed to help there, putting people 'back to work'? I mean, a big chunk of these 8% will be low-paid service jobs I keep hearing no one can hire for anymore ; shouldn't increasing wages (and, well, stopping the 'service-workers are slaves we can treat as dirt' mentality) help a lot here?