Job Growth in the South Bucks Losses in Rest of U.S.

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The South is leading the U.S. labor market’s recovery from the pandemic’s initial shock as the only major region with continued payroll growth at the end of last year while the rest of the country lost jobs

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Southern states logged job growth across the private sector in December, including services industries, which were hit hard by the pandemic, and manufacturing, according to a Labor Department report that provides details on the job market in all 50 states. Texas and Georgia gained the most jobs in December, adding a seasonally adjusted 64,200 and 44,700 jobs, respectively.

In contrast, payrolls in the Midwest, West and Northeast fell last month, when the nation’s total payrollsIn those parts of the country, a surge in virus infections, related restrictions and winter weather prompted steep job cuts in leisure and hospitality industries, which includes restaurants. In the South, those jobs held nearly steady.

The South’s milder winter weather makes it easier to dine outside or participate in other outdoors activities, said Mark Vitner, a Charlotte, N.C.-based economist at Wells Fargo Securities. More lenient public health regulations that have kept businesses open

 

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This is why the democratic ran states are failing. They locked all the poorer communities down while the south stayed open and set protocols that worked

Love you Southerner

Lack of Dems helps

The south is benefitting from a favorable climate, which allows for more outdoor dining and other activities, and low population density because people are more spread out, unlike areas such as New York City.

And how many lives did they sacrifice for that?

Weather difference

Looks like the 90s are back in the south

All, clean the air: 1. KF94 2. Crack 🪟 3. Prop 🚪 (if own a shop) 4. Merv13/Hepa 5. 40-60% humidity 6. CO2 sensors Sources in my timeline

Now compare covid deaths vs economic growth.

Surprise, surprise! Southern Red states that didn't lockdown like Draconian Blue states are recovering faster.

Cool we all know they didn’t care about Covid to begin with.

now do death rates

What about the rate of infections

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