California powered U.S. job growth last month, accounting for 38% of the country’s new jobs. However, one professor tells The Los Angeles Times that the hiring spree seen in the state is from a “lockdown harder and longer than in many parts of the country.” And the comeback has a long way to go: California still has to fill more than half of the jobs lost during the pandemic, and its unemployment rate has stalled at 8.3%. Economists are optimistic the rebound will strengthen after the state’s full reopening, slated for June 15.
Worst should be over…unless we have a proliferation of anti-vaxxer idiots that want to politicize getting a vaccine in as much wearing a mask.
