
Pedestrians walk by a "Now Hiring" sign outside a store in August 2021 in Arlington, Virginia. US businesses had 11.3 million job openings to fill in February.
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America's worker shortage is far from being fixed
The worker shortage has been a hallmark of the pandemic economy -- and it's far from getting resolved. In February, US businesses had 11.3 million job openings to fill, slightly more than economists had predicted.

