By Susan Jones | May 7, 2021 | 7:49am EDT
The travel industry is among those making a comeback from the darkest days of the COVID pandemic. (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - Friday s jobs report reflects a reopening economy that still has a long way to go to match its Trump-era strength.
Contrary to bullish expectations, the unemployment rate actually ticked up a tenth of a point to 6.1 percent in April, and the economy added 266,000 jobs, far fewer than the 770,000 (revised) added in March and the 536,000 added in February.
Notably, the number of employed Americans increased in April for the 12th consecutive month since the economy tanked under COVID pressure in April 2020. Last month, BLS said 151,176,000 Americans were employed. That is 318,000 more than in March, and 1,145,000 more than when Joe Biden took office in January.
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