#How the trucker shortage is fueling the meat crisis

#How the trucker shortage is fueling the meat crisis

“#How the trucker shortage is fueling the meat crisis” Meat lovers are paying through the nose for their favorite cuts — and a raging trucker shortage is increasingly to blame, The Post has learned. The cost of a summer BBQ starring boneless ribeye steak, for example, cost an average of $12.37 a pound last week,…

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#Rising employment shows that the US economy doesn’t need more ‘relief’

#Rising employment shows that the US economy doesn’t need more ‘relief’

“#Rising employment shows that the US economy doesn’t need more ‘relief’” With the economy showing evidence of steady recovery, federal aid incentivizing unemployment may soon be a bigger problem for the job market than pandemic layoffs. Thursday’s Labor Department report showed 547,000 first-time unemployment claims this week, marking the second straight week of record-low initial…

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#Workers file 547K new jobless claims in sign layoffs are slowing

#Workers file 547K new jobless claims in sign layoffs are slowing

“#Workers file 547K new jobless claims in sign layoffs are slowing” The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits has hit its lowest level since the pandemic began, the Labor Department reported Thursday. First-time claims for unemployment insurance totaled 547,000, significantly below the Dow Jones estimate for 603,000, putting the economy on track to return…

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