{"id":4472,"date":"2021-05-11T01:34:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T01:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keystonefinancial.com\/?post_type=oi_article&p=4472"},"modified":"2021-05-11T01:40:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T01:40:00","slug":"weekly-commentary-may-11-2021","status":"publish","type":"oi_article","link":"https:\/\/www.keystonefinancial.com\/articles\/weekly-commentary-may-11-2021","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Commentary | May 11, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Like a gender reveal gone wrong, last week\u2019s employment report delivered an unexpected surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Economists estimated 975,000 new jobs would be created in April. The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/em> (BLS) reported there were just 266,000. That\u2019s a big miss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Economists, analysts, and the media offered a wealth of theories to explain the shortfall. These included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n U.S. financial markets shrugged off the news. The Standard & Poor\u2019s 500 Index<\/em> finished the week at a record high, and 10-year Treasury rates finished Friday where they started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n (The one-year numbers in the scorecard below remain noteworthy. They reflect the strong recovery of U.S. stocks from last year\u2019s coronavirus downturn to the present day.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n