Traditionally, like other central banks, the Fed was reluctant to explain its policy decisions or otherwise engage with the public, partly based on a belief that this approach increased the effectiveness of monetary policy.
Jobs are down by over 8 million relative to their pre-pandemic level, and the shortfall is over 10 million jobs if we take into account the secular job growth that would have occurred over the past year  Research indicates that the additional income provided to the unemployed through the CARES Act likely had little labor-supply-induced effect on the unemployment rate in early to mid-2020 and likely only a small effect on the job-finding rate in early 2021.