Three key numbers that explain America's labor shortage
CNN
Twenty-one months into the pandemic, America is no longer struggling with an astronomically high unemployment rate. Instead, it's big problem remains a shortage of workers.
That makes it hard for businesses to keep up with rampant demand. Economists worry how long it will take for people on the sidelines to come back into the workforce.
For much of the pandemic, economists agreed that child care challenges and worries about the virus were keeping people from returning to the labor market.
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