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The worker shortage affecting businesses across the United States could be deeper than has been projected, as according to a survey by the National Association for Business Economics there will not be a considerable improvement in this matter in the coming months , a situation that puts the union in serious predicaments.
The survey shows that the worker shortage is expected to at least last into next year. The 18% of respondents predicted that this trend will last until 2022, a specific date was not determined. Meanwhile, the 10 % projected the shortage could last up to 2023 . Only 6% of those surveyed said they expect the shortage to stop at 2021.
At the same time, a higher proportion of respondents reported a skilled labor shortage in July, and the 32% showed that they had had problems incorporating new employees, this means that there was an increase compared to April, when the 29% reported having difficulties in hiring.
According to the FOX network, the Chamber of Commerce warned that the shortage of workers represents the greatest threat to the still incipient recovery of the coronavirus pandemic economy after the government reported that there were more than 9.2 million job openings in May , a record number despite 9.3 million unemployed Americans.
According to official figures available bles, before the pandemic forced the closure of various industries in the country’s economy, there were approximately seven million jobs available, making it clear that this issue was a problem that exploded.
According to the television network, Curtis Dubay, an economist at the Chamber of Commerce, wrote in a blog that “although some skill mismatches persist, the main problem is that available workers are reluctant to return to work, either due to persistent concerns about Covid – 19, problems related to child care or the stimuli that the government distributes “.
The survey of the National Association for Business Economics is given within the framework of the June report of the Department of Labor, in which it was revealed that the economy added only 800, 06 jobs last month or, exceeding the 700, 000 predicted by Refinitiv economists. Despite the fact that employment has recovered notably throughout the country, millions of vacancies need to be filled.
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