The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average are 11.4 % LOWER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago and U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 1.5 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. Today s posts include:
U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are 45,085
U.S. Coronavirus deaths are at 794
U.S. Coronavirus immunizations have been administered to 74.1 doses per 100 people.
The 7-day rolling average rate of growth of the pandemic shows new cases improved and deaths improved
Moderna CEO expects more Covid variants to emerge in coming months: This virus is not going away
CDC Issues Phases 2B and 3 of the Conditional Sailing Order
Companies warn of labor shortages; economists call them temporary
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A Help Wanted sign outside a restaurant in Houston. Photographer: Callaghan O Hare/Bloomberg
As the U.S. job market comes roaring back, there s a growing debate about whether there are enough workers to power faster economic growth.
Companies from fast food chains like Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. to chicken producer Pilgrim s Pride Corp. and MGM Resorts International say they can t find or entice enough workers. In earnings calls and business surveys, executives often blame stimulus checks and generous unemployment benefits for hampering hiring efforts.
But economists and policy makers are unclear about what s really causing this gap and how long it will last. Hiring remains robust for now, indicating these labor disparities aren t necessarily a problem. The worry is if labor shortages do persist especially in the leisure and hospitality industry that could slow demand and possibly lead to pric
‘Job Paradox’ Baffles Economists as U.S. Employers See Shortage
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As the U.S. job market comes roaring back, there’s a growing debate about whether there are enough workers to power faster economic growth.
Companies from fast food chains like Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. to chicken producer Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. and MGM Resorts International say they can’t find or entice enough workers. In earnings calls and business surveys, executives often blame stimulus checks and generous unemployment benefits for hampering hiring efforts.
But economists and policy makers are unclear about what’s really causing this gap and how long it will last. Hiring remains robust for now, indicating these labor disparities aren’t necessarily a problem. The worry is if labor shortages do persist especially in the leisure and hospitality industry that could slow demand and possibly lead to price increases.
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The animal rights/radical environmentalist cabal wants to get us to quit eating meat. The vegans claim the mantle of compassion ignoring the fact that human beings are naturally omnivores and that the only way to go totally meat and dairy free is to take supplements. Even then, such diets are bad for children.
The environmentalists want to make us quit eating meat because of food animals’ supposed contributions to global warming. Much of the focus is on cattle, but we are told that the climate crisis! requires drastic cuts in meat consumption.
America apparently isn’t buying it. Instead, we are purchasing fried chicken at record rates. From the Bloomberg story:
Crispy chicken is causing a shortage of poultry in the U.S. Business and Economic News
From crispy chicken sandwiches to tenders and wings, the U.S.’s hunger for fried chicken is a growing shortage of poultry.
The popularity of chicken – sandwiches and tenders, nuggets and wings – is driving demand for fried poultry as America has begun to fall short.
KFC says it is making efforts to keep up with the high demand for its new sandwich, while the North Carolina-based chicken and biscuit chain Bojangles announced a suspension of tenders at its 750 locations.
“It simply came to our notice then. But they’ll be back soon, ”Bojangles’ corporate Twitter account wrote earlier this week, responding to a frustrated customer who can’t find the company’s chicken offerings.