JOBS REPORT REINFORCES NEED FOR NEW STIMULUS NOW

President Biden and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, and economists coast to coast, tell us that the USA needs "economic stimulus now" to prime the pump for economic recovery, to reduce the damage and to pour more liquidity into the system.    Seems that the hoped for bi-partisanship from right wing Republican Senators was lacking as this bill came forward and was debated until 4:00 AM.  

Finally, just before dawn an exhausted Senate offered a tie vote, 50 Republicans against, the new stimulus package and 50 Democrats for.  This seems a repeat of the gridlock and move of Hoover and  his Republicans just before and during the Great Depression.  Remember it took from 1929 to the onset of WWII to get our nation's economy going again, because the "Right Wing" just didn't understand how important economic stimulus and government action was required. Just at the periods when the economy needed more Government stimulus,  Republicans then pushed to do nothing, or worse even tightened the money supply.  The Great Depression followed and became worse, as food lines, millions without jobs, and massive business failures brought the nation down.  We do not need another GREAT DEPRESSION.

History repeats in hard ways if we don't learn by it.  Thankfully, Vice President Harris cast the tie breaking vote, on 2/5/2021 and the Democrats got the bill passed, so that it now goes back to the House for reconciliation. 

In the meantime, Americans are suffering, thousands of businesses broke, and we are all hoping for recovery.  Recovery needs stimulus.  Values, and appraisals, bank loans, growth, and of course jobs are all dependent on wise leadership and move from our elected officials.  The Republican Party seems to be divided by the ghosts of a president past, and further divided because a few outspoken extremists seem to want to follow, perhaps replace the ghost of a president past.  We hope that reality and the economic needs of the people will bring them around.   Note the following charts from the government, printed by the Washington Post 2/5/2021, they tell the economic status better than words. 

JOBS BY INDUSTRY CHART:

A POSITIVE WORD

We have been through these cycles before at BootheGlobalPerspectives, and our sister company https://www.benboothe.com realizes that property values will fall in a recession or recover as the economy recovers.  But in January a disappointing U.S. economy only added 49,000 jobs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics informs us how much work needs to be done to "recover".  So far we have recovered about 11,000,000 jobs, of the 22,000,000 that were lost between February and April.  President Biden is working to get this recovery back on track.  Also his idea to provide a $1,400 stimulus check for Americans and raise the minimum wage would be great boosts to the morale of Americans.  Local cities and states need funds to function, and this new law will help. 

This economic jobs report, was based upon data gathered in the first half of January, bookending the last of the Trump tenure.  According to Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Economy ended with 2.1 million less jobs than when he took office in 2017.   President Biden and VP Harris are focused on correcting this, and bringing economic recovery back. Whether you are liberal, conservative, or independent, you, and we all need to wish them success and get this nation "rolling" better. As Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve said: "Our goal is to lower unemployment and to stimulate a good economy."    Lets get behind them, and fix this. There are great opportunities for businessmen, companies small and large in a recovering economy. We are predicting a recovery in late 2021 and on through 2022....but we the people, and our elected officials need to get on board, and put away their old political rivalries. 

Note:  Credit to the Washington Post and U.S. Labor Department for the charts in this report.