Washington (AFP) – The US economy lost 140,000 jobs in December as the worsening coronavirus pandemic undermined its recovery, but President-elect Joe Biden pledged that help is on the way. The Labor Department on Friday reported the first drop in employment since April, and Biden said the data means a new economic relief package including $2,000 direct payments to taxpayers and help for small businesses hit hardest by the spike in Covid-19 infections must be pushed through urgently. “We have no time to lose,” Biden said at an event in Wilmington, Delaware where he introduced the last key memb…
