Print this article Business groups are blaming President Joe Biden after the most recent jobs report showed a far lower number of new jobs compared to what experts predicted. "The disappointing jobs report makes it clear that paying people not to work is dampening what should be a stronger jobs market," the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said in a statement shortly after the new jobs report was released on Friday. Experts predicted new jobs would boom as the coronavirus vaccine became more available and coronavirus-related lockdowns and restrictions were lifted. But Biden’s Department of Labor reported that 266,000 new jobs were created in the month of April, well short of economists’ prediction that 1 million new jobs would be created.