U.S. job openings totaled 9.2 million in May, holding at the prior month’s BLS-Labor Statistics series high, while the number of hires dipped to 5.9 million from April’s 6 million #JOLTS ow.ly/hJSP50Fr9ww

Here’s where the jobs are — in one chart (CNBC) cnb.cx/3wbC2VB

Business Should Be Booming — If Only There Were Enough Workers For The Job (NPR) n.pr/3x9s0pj

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While strict COVID-19 containment measures by some U.S. states last year may have had a bigger economic impact in the short run, they might have permitted labor markets to recuperate quickly in 2020, often at a faster pace than less-restrictive states ow.ly/8Jc650Furb6

Despite June’s Positive Jobs Numbers, Black Workers Continue to Face High Unemployment (The Brookings Institution) brook.gs/2UyHrcd

Pace of U.S. Job Growth Picks Up As Signs Point to Tight Labor Market (Peterson Institute) bit.ly/2UDDiE3

Poll: The COVID-19 Unemployed (U.S. Chamber) bit.ly/3xyucXv

Beige Book: Contacts in the Eighth District continue to report that labor and material shortages are restraining their ability to meet customer demand ow.ly/Bb8w50Fw42S

States that ended federal unemployment benefit early saw no clear job gains buff.ly/2UTEC5H

Post-Pandemic Activity Rebounds, but Many Remain Outside the Labor Force (St. Louis Fed) bit.ly/3wR5RuZ

Closing the Job Mobility Gap Between Black and White Americans (Harvard Business Review) bit.ly/3xOgFvd

Are Labor Shortages Slowing the Recovery? (Atlanta Fed) bit.ly/2VN3AEa

New Future of Work Survey: What Will the Post-Pandemic Workplace Look Like? (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) bit.ly/3wSVK8N

US jobless claims rise to 419,000 from a pandemic low (The Associated Press) bit.ly/2WawA9h

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