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Our reportersâ analysis and reactions to the jobs report.
June 4, 2021, 8:39 a.m. ET
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Deborah Solomon
The fact that the labor force participation rate was essentially flat is going to create more pressure on President Biden and Democrats to transition the unemployment insurance supplement into a hiring bonus.
1 hour ago
Patricia Cohen
The desire for remote work seems to be one reason why face-to-face jobs in restaurants and bars are going unfilled. A ZipRecruiter survey found 44 percent of people want remote work even after the pandemic ends.
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Patricia Cohen
There is a mismatch between the type of jobs employers are offering and the type that workers want. More than half of people searching on ZipRecruiter want remote work. Just 10 percent of employers are offering that.
As the economy reopens, some businesses are having trouble hiring enough workers to fully operate. In response, many states are ending pandemic unemployment programs, including the extra $300 in weekly unemployment benefits set to run through Labor Day. We talked to unemployed workers, business owners across the country about their concerns, and Ben Casselman of The New York Times about the issue.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito spoke about the Republican counteroffer to President Biden’s infrastructure plan last week at the Capitol in Washington.Credit.J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press
President Biden told the lead Republican negotiator on an infrastructure package on Wednesday that her party must embrace $1 trillion in new spending as part of any bipartisan deal, highlighting the wide gulf that remains between the two parties as talks on a potential compromise reach a critical stage.
The figure that Mr. Biden gave Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia at their meeting represents nearly three times the $257 billion in new spending that Republicans included in their latest infrastructure counteroffer. The president also refused to budge from his proposal to finance the plan by increasing taxes for wealthy corporations, according to a person familiar with the discussion who disclosed details on condition of anonymity.