Biden Denies Enhanced Unemployment Benefits Contributed to Lagging Jobs Numbers

Biden Denies Enhanced Unemployment Benefits Contributed to Lagging Jobs Numbers

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the state of coronavirus vaccinations from the State Dining Room at the White House, May 4, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

President Biden denied that enhanced federal unemployment benefits contributed to a disappointing April jobs report, in a press conference on Friday.

The April jobs report showed an increase of 266,000 jobs, roughly 800,000 jobs short of economists’ projections. While Republicans have cited enhanced federal unemployment benefits as contributing to…

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