More people working likely to support food spending

A White House adviser says the latest jobs report shows supply chains are continuing to recover from the pandemic.

Cecilia Rouse, chair of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, tells Brownfield the nation’s employment rate continued to grow in April while unemployment held steady.

“With people joining the workforce, it means that they will have money to spend on food, but we recognize that food prices are a challenge, and the President is doing what he can to try to address that kind of inflation,” she says.

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