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News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
May 7, 2021

Job numbers miss the mark with only 266,000 added in April

According to Wall Street expectations, the U.S. hiring markets “sharply” missed the mark with employment additions in April. While unemployment rates are still well below the peak of April 2020 at 14.7%, there was an unexpected increase to 6.1% in recent days. Expectations by the Department of Labor had assessed there to be an unemployment…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 7, 2021

MCRAE: Expanding ABLE

Expanding ABLE by Treasurer David McRae The uncertainty of the last year has underscored the need for financial safety nets, which is perhaps why a majority of families tucked away their federal stimulus payments into an emergency fund rather than spending it. For some Mississippians with disabilities, however, tucking away that money wasn’t an option because…