Jobs Day: The End of COVID doomsday in the U.S.

Henri Kouam
6 min readJun 6, 2021

Introduction.

The COVID-19 pandemic is an unfortunate health and economic shock that bought the U.S. economy to a grinding halt. However, vaccine rollouts and the gradual reopening of the economy are causing the U.S economy to gradually return to pre-pandemic levels. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that in May 2021, total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 559,000, and the unemployment rate declined by 0.3% to 5.8%. The sectors that were most badly hit by social distancing measures and border closures appear to be recovering, with notable…

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Henri Kouam

Policy + Action = Change. International Economist, passionate about trade, free enterprise , the Nordics and markets