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month part of the pandemic relief package as the labor department says there are 10.1 million jobs that are open right now. that has set a new record. a lot of people are talking about the concern over not being able to keep businesses staffed. some businesses having to close because not finding enough workers. it is a strange situation. bill: i sense a friday money team coming up. goolsbee and moore could go at it with this one. in the meantime don t know if you heard about the story. major news outlets catching flak for running with a story that wasn t true. rural hospitals in oklahoma were said to be overrun with patients. they reportedly overdosed on a drug used mainly for animals as an alternative treatment for covid. rolling stone picked it up and ran with it. rachel maddow tweeted quotes from the article. joe concha media columnist for
as the delta variant continues to rage, there s concern about everybody s health. so despite the fact there are 10.1 million jobs open and people may want to get back to work, there are a lot of things going on in the background that could be preventing people from getting back into the labor force. alisyn kossic, appreciate it. thank you for joining me. the news continues next with alisyn after a quick break. that liberty mutual knows everyone s unique. that s why they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. oh, yeah. that s the spot. only pay for what you need. liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty
it is true businesses are struggling too hire enough workers. there are a record 10.1 million job openings in june, plenty of jobs for those people to apply for, but people are not rushing back to the new normal. there are still health and safety concerns and there are numerous child care issues. we saw this delta drag in the august jobs numbers after strong hiring in june and july. august was the slowest job growth since january. here is what the president said about it friday. today s report shows that the steps we ve taken, passing the rescue plan and vaccinating 175 million people, making our economy capable of growing and adding jobs even in the face of this continuing delta variant. there is no question that the delta variant is why today s jobs report isn t stronger. 17 million jobs have been added since the jobs crash in the spring of 2020. the economy still down, deficit still about 5.3 million jobs
meant to be temporary, a temp emergency and i had for millions of people thrown out of work because of the pandemic. at the time a critical life line. it started as $600 a week extra last year. and then cut to # $300. but don t expect a surge in hiring because they have ended. two dozen states cut benefits during the summer and they did not see a hiring surge because of it. in fact job growth was about the same as the state has kept the benefit. yes, companies can struggling to hire enough workers, a record 10.1 million job openings in june, a huge numbering. but still people aren t rushing back to the new normal. it is frustrating. because yeah, there are any number of jobs that i could do, but not all of them can support me. not all of them can pay my bills in the way that i need. fact is this pandemic has reordered priorities.