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The economic recovery throughout the country is making visible the true impact that the pandemic has left on everyone productive sectors . Thus, more than a year after the confinement began the outlook is not entirely positive in the United States due to the challenges that the government and citizens must face.
For weeks, businessmen and spokespersons for large companies have expressed their concern at the existence of a great shortage of labor, but also of materials to produce various products. An example of the above is that the automotive sector has had to stop its production due to lack of chips .
Two weeks ago, Ford announced that the The chip supply crisis drastically reduced car manufacturing in the first quarter of the year. This represented a drop of 17%, in terms of profit loss , the company lost at least $ 3 billion of dollars .
Even the Recreation and leisure is being hit severely because there is a widespread chlorine deficit across the country, which calls into question the upcoming pool season in the summer. This will hit hotels directly , as well as public and private spas.
The lack of various supplies not only prevents the economy from stabilizing , has also alerted economists to the possibility of increasing fears of the population about higher inflation , as companies are forced to raise prices amid low supply.
A few weeks ago the cleaning products firm Procter & Gamble announced that in the summer various items in its inventory will have an increase in order that consumers are aware when buying. Although the company did not explain the reason for the increases , it is clear that inflation is already present.
Although job creation had an upward flow from January to March, official figures for April reveal that only 266, 04 job sources, a figure lower than that estimated by the Dow Jones consensus than calculated a generation of 1 million posts .
Although the government and private initiative have sought ways to reverse the impact of the pandemic, it has not been easy for anyone and even more so with the shortage that exists in various areas, therefore the economic recovery in The entire national territory will not be easy.
According to President Joe Biden, the pandemic left jobless more of 20 millions of Americans , which is why it has generated a huge concern of federal and state authorities, as well as the corporate world and business.
In recent days, firms such as Walmart, Costco, Chipotle, Target, among others, announced that they will raise the salaries of their employees in order to retain their workforce , but also with the intention that citizens seek a place of employment in these companies.
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