Now the vaccine rollout, warmer weather and the reopening of the economy are bearing fruit , helping the jobs recovery to strengthen. Economists polled by Refinitiv on average predict 978,000 jobs were added in April, up from the 916,000 positions added in March . But many of those forecasts far exceed the average:is predicting 2.1 million jobs added, andforecasts 1.3 million, according to Refinitiv. Still, America is down millions of jobs — more than 7 million should the consensus forecast hold — compared to February last year, before the pandemic hit. This worker shortage could put pressure on wages to rise, which could be reflected in the April jobs report, economists said.

Source: CNN May 06, 2021 10:41 UTC