Job openings hit record in March - Closing Bell - Marketplace Minute - May 11, 2021

Episode Title: Job openings hit record in March - Closing Bell Episode Summary: Stocks fall; job openings hit record; hacked pipeline still recovering GONG :02 This is the Marketplace Minute. I’m Justin Ho. STORY 1 Wall Street had another down day on Tuesday. The Dow fell one and a third percent. The S&P dropped nine tenths percent. The NASDAQ lost a tenth of a percent. STORY 2 The number of job openings in the U-S… ...hit a record high in March. That’s according to a new report from the Labor Department. The number of available jobs out there… ...suggests that employers are having trouble filling positions… ...at the pay they’re currently offering. STORY 3 The operator of the longest pipeline in the U-S… ...says it hopes it will be fully operational by the end of the week. With the line still down...many east coast drivers...are rushing to fill up their tanks. Some gas stations on the east coast…have been running out of fuel. STORY 4 *** CUT THIS FOR DEMO PUBRADIO VERSION *** And home prices rose in virtually every metro area in the U-S last quarter… ...according to the National Association of Realtors. It found that average mortgage payments...are rising, too. CLOSE I’m Justin Ho with the Marketplace Minute. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices