The U.S. economy added 1.4 million tasks last month and the unemployment rate fell to 8.4%, the first time it has fallen below 10% since the start of the pandemic.Trump bragged in a tweet. Economists were much less impressed, NBC News reported.”We’ve had three massive months of earnings on assignments, but so far we’ve recovered less from the losses in March and April,” said Dan North, senior economist.at Euler Hermes North America.” So far, task gains have probably been the simplest to achieve, when a company has reopened and brought its employees.”
The FBI and state investigators raided a Pennsylvania nursing home on Thursday where many citizens tested positive for coronavirus and dozens died.The Brighton Welfare and Rehabilitation Center, located northeast of Pittsburgh, had been reported for dangerous situations even before the pandemic, NBC News reported in April.
Corky Siemaszko is senior editor of NBC News Digital.
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