Unemployment data calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed 467,000 jobs were added to the American economy in January, while the unemployment rate ticked up to 4 percent in the first month of 2022.

Many Americans seem to have said “enough” of Wuhan coronavirus nonsense in January and gone back to work through some of the 10 million job openings in the United States. With many Americans vaccinated and the Omicron variant proving more contagious yet generally more mild than other strains of COVID, the workforce is apparently acting on a desired return to normalcy. That reality is also borne out in the economic sectors in which job gains occurred.

According to BLS, “Employment in leisure and hospitality expanded by 151,000 in January, reflecting job gains in food services and drinking places” while “professional and business services added 86,000 jobs” and “Retail trade employment rose by 61,000 in January.”