No. I can't figure out if he doesn't like the phrasing (instead of "last year," maybe) or thinks the time period is not useful. Generally speaking, especially

No. I can't figure out if he doesn't like the phrasing (instead of "last year," maybe) or thinks the time period is not useful. Generally speaking, especially near the beginning of the year, I often find "last 12 months" to be far more useful than "this year," which he didn't call out.