Biden Commerce Secretary: ‘A Lot Of’ Jobs Lost in Retail, Service Industries ‘Might Not Be Coming Back’

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo speaks during a daily press briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on April 7, 2021. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in a new interview that many pre-pandemic jobs, namely in the retail and service sectors, may never come back.

On Thursday, the Department of Labor released a report that new jobless claims dropped to 364,000 for the week. However, the data revealed that nearly 3.5 million Americans were collecting state unemployment benefits.