American Airlines cut some July flights amid staffing shortages - June 21, 2021

U.S. stock futures rose Monday, regaining a relative calm following a sell-off in Asia. Supply chain bottlenecks pushed inflation to its highest level in more than a dozen years as a record volume of cargo piled up in ports. Dow futures jump 150 points, as stocks rebound from the average's worst week since October - CNBC The economy isn’t going back to February 2020. Fundamental shifts have occurred. - The Washington Post As Lumber Prices Fall, the Threat of Inflation Loses Its Bite - The New York Times @Neil_Irwin: The pandemic stimulus was front-loaded, creating a strongly positive fiscal impulse in the first quarter and a negative fiscal impulse in the quarters ahead. The question now: How smooth will the hand-off to an economy driven by private spending be? American Airlines announced it will trim some flights in July to alleviate strains on its operations as staffing shortages maintenance and other issues met growing demand for travel post-pandemic. Though the number of canceled flights equaled about 1% of planned flights in the first half of July, the scrapping of roughly 950 flights highlighted how travel companies are trying to adjust to a new normal as vacation-rental operators and rental-car companies face similar pressure. American Airlines canceling hundreds of flights through mid-July - The Hill Southwest still struggling with flight delays, cancellations - Associated Press @newly: Even with the new trims, American is flying much more than its closest competitors, United and Delta —an aggressive approach it has taken throughout much of the pandemic Remote learning is poised to outlast the pandemic as a small subset of families who have come to prefer online classes are pushing to keep the option and districts rush to accommodate them. Some studies have shown students falling behind in the era of remote learning. Advocates are calling for common-sense solutions to help get students back up to speed, especially Black, Hispanic and low-income students who have fallen further behind in the past