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The recovery of America’s job market hit a pause last month as many businesses from restaurants and hotels to factories and construction companies struggled to find enough workers to catch up with a rapidly strengthening economic rebound.
Employers added just 266,000 jobs in April, sharply lower than in March and far fewer than economists had expected. With viral cases declining and states and localities easing restrictions, the recovery from the pandemic recession has been so fast that many businesses have been caught flat-footed in the face of surging consumer demand.
Last month s hiring slowdown appears to reflect a host of factors. Nearly 3 million people are reluctant to look for work because they fear catching the virus, according to government surveys. More women also dropped out of the workforce last month, likely to care for children, after many had returned in the previous two months.
May 8, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) The recovery of America’s job market hit a pause last month as many businesses from restaurants and hotels to factories and construction companies struggled to find enough workers to catch up with a rapidly strengthening economic rebound.
Employers added just 266,000 jobs in April, sharply lower than in March and far fewer than economists had expected. With viral cases declining and states and localities easing restrictions, the recovery from the pandemic recession has been so fast that many businesses have been caught flat-footed in the face of surging consumer demand.
Last month’s hiring slowdown appears to reflect a host of factors. Nearly 3 million people are reluctant to look for work because they fear catching the virus, according to government surveys. More women also dropped out of the workforce last month, likely to care for children, after many had returned in the previous two months.
U.S. job growth slows sharply as hiring lags
Businesses struggle to find workers as economy rebounds By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press
Published: May 7, 2021, 6:37pm
Share: FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 file photo, A man walks out of a Marc s Store in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. With viral cases declining, consumers spending again and more businesses easing restrictions, America s employers likely delivered another month of robust hiring in April, reinforcing the economy s steady rebound from the pandemic recession. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
WASHINGTON The recovery of America’s job market hit a pause last month as many businesses from restaurants and hotels to factories and construction companies struggled to find enough workers to catch up with a rapidly strengthening economic rebound.
Christopher RugaberAssociated Press
The recovery of America’s job market hit a pause last month as many businesses from restaurants and hotels to factories and construction companies struggled to find enough workers to catch up with a rapidly strengthening economic rebound.
Employers added just 266,000 jobs in April, sharply lower than in March and far fewer than economists had expected. With viral cases declining and states and localities easing restrictions, the recovery from the pandemic recession has been so fast that many businesses have been caught flat-footed in the face of surging consumer demand.
Last month’s hiring slowdown appears to reflect a host of factors. Nearly 3 million people are reluctant to look for work because they fear catching the virus, according to government surveys. More women also dropped out of the workforce last month, likely to care for children, after many of them had returned in the previous two months.
Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press
The recovery of America’s job market hit a pause last month as many businesses from restaurants and hotels to factories and construction companies struggled to find enough workers to catch up with a rapidly strengthening economic rebound.
Employers added just 266,000 jobs in April, sharply lower than in March and far fewer than economists had expected. With viral cases declining and states and localities easing restrictions, the recovery from the pandemic recession has been so fast that many businesses have been caught flat-footed in the face of surging consumer demand.
Last month’s hiring slowdown appears to reflect a host of factors. Nearly 3 million people are reluctant to look for work because they fear catching the virus, according to government surveys. More women also dropped out of the workforce last month, likely to care for children, after many of them had returned in the previous two months.