The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Friday released its jobs report for April 2021, which found the U.S. economy added 266,000 jobs.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday confirmed that the Darkside ransomware is responsible for the cyberattack ([link removed]) that prompted the shutdown of a major energy pipeline in the Eastern and Southern U.S. Like many other ransomware groups, Darkside has typically spared Russian, Kazakh, and Ukrainian companies, according to a report ([link removed]) by Reuters.
The 5,500-mile Colonial Pipeline runs from Texas through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland, to its terminus in New Jersey. The Colonial Pipeline supplies about 45% of the gasoline, heating oil, and jet fuel ([link removed]) used on the East Coast.
In an update, Colonial announced ([link removed]) that it is restoring service in a phased and stepwise approach based on safety and compliance standards in the hope of “substantially restoring operational service by the end of the week.”
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** Monthly Job Growth Slowed to 266K in April
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Friday released its jobs report ([link removed]) for April 2021, which found the U.S. economy added 266,000 jobs and the unemployment increased by 0.1 percentage points to 6.1%. The report falls short of the Dow Jones forecast ([link removed]) of 1 million jobs added and a 5.8% unemployment rate.
It’s the weakest jobs report since this January and comes after the economy added 536,000 jobs in February and 770,000 jobs in March. This USAFacts chart shows the monthly job numbers dating back to January 2020 ([link removed]) :
The BLS report observed, “Notable job gains in leisure and hospitality, other services, and local government education were partially offset by employment declines in temporary help services and in couriers and messengers.”
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** Arkansas, Montana, & South Carolina Halting Federally-Enhanced Unemployment Benefits
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Republican governors in several states are moving to end the $300 per week federal enhancement of unemployment benefits sooner than the scheduled sunset of the program on September 6, 2021, while others are reinstating work search requirements.
The moves come after the April employment report showed weaker than expected job growth ([link removed]) and heightened concerns that would-be workers are declining job opportunities to stay on unemployment.
That data prompted the Biden administration to announce Monday that it intends to reinstate job search requirements ([link removed]) for unemployment benefits. However, President Joe Biden on Friday said the federal enhancement of unemployment benefits didn’t have a “measurable” effect in deterring recipients from returning to work ([link removed]) .
The April jobs report prompted the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to call for the end of the $300 per week federal enhancement of unemployment benefits ([link removed]) , with Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer Neil Bradley saying, “The disappointing jobs report makes it clear that paying people not to work is dampening what should be a stronger jobs market… Based on the Chamber’s analysis, the $300 benefit results in approximately one in four recipients taking home more in unemployment than they earned working.”
Arkansas, Montana, and South Carolina will all end their participation in the federal pandemic unemployment assistance program at the end of June. Montana will offer people currently on employment a $1,200 bonus if they take a job and remain employed for one month.
Additionally, Arizona and Florida are moving to reinstate their state's job search requirements for unemployment recipients, while Vermont has already done so.
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** And, In The End...
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Get in the zone because May 11th is NATIONAL TWILIGHT ZONE DAY!
“There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call The Twilight Zone.” -Rod Sterling’s narration for the majority of show intros.
Next stop — The Twilight Zone
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