Economy
Jobs report disappoints estimates with 194k new jobs, 0.4 decrease in unemployment

The United States’ jobs report saw over 194,000 new nonfarm payrolls in the month of September. However, economists surveyed by Refinitiv expected to see 500,000 new jobs.
September was also the first month without the $300 per week in supplemental unemployment benefits. Yet, unemployment only dropped by 0.4%. Those same economists expected it to drop by over 5%. There are still 7.7 million unemployed Americans.
President Biden reacted to the report in a press conference Friday. According to him, the report showed improvement. “In total, the job creation in the first eight months of my administration is nearly five million jobs,” Biden said. “Jobs up, wages up, unemployment down. That’s progress.”
Meanwhile, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics also reported that Americans born in the early 80’s with are working from home more. The higher the education level, the more likely they were to work from home.
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China
Louisiana to vote on bill which would block ‘foreign adversaries’ from land purchases

Beginning Aug. 1, Louisiana House Bill 537 would prohibit any person connected with a foreign adversary from purchasing, leasing or otherwise acquiring immovable property in the state. “It would allow the attorney general to bring action for injunctive relief on behalf of the state to block sales, investigate transactions, and petition the court to take action” reports Just The News.
According to a 2020 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report, Louisiana has the most foreign landowners overall at 5.89 percent. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Valarie Hodges, R-Denham Springs, and passed the House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure with a vote of 11-1, “sending the measure to the House floor for a scheduled vote on Tuesday.”
“This bill is seeking to protect state sovereignty,” Hodges told the committee, stressing it would apply to “corporations who are seeking to control essential assets, not local residents with lawful status who want to contribute to Louisiana business, culture and community.”
Hodges referenced data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that found “China’s ownership of U.S. farmland grew 20-fold in the last decade, from 81 million to 1.8 billion worth of holdings in 2020.” Additionally, Louisiana’s important industries — from chemical manufacturers to ports to liquid gas terminals to military bases — “could be targeted by adversaries”.
“I did try to address every concern that I heard with these amendments, because it is not targeted towards an individual,” Hodges said, referring to amended changes in the bill to specify the law would not apply to American citizens, legal permanent residents, or single family residences. The bill ties the definition of foreign adversaries to a federal list that currently includes the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and Venezuela.
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