A ‘delta’ chill in the air? The economy is still booming, but it faces new uncertainty
The U.S. economy caught fire in the spring and it’s still running pretty hot this summer, but a new strain of the coronavirus is threatening to cast a chill over the recovery.
Worries about the so-called delta strain sent a shiver through investors last week after the number of people catching the virus quickly climbed from a pandemic low. The stock market
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posted its biggest decline in almost 10 months before recovering and bond yields also fell.
Although the U.S. Covid caseload is still quite low, the delta variant has introduced new uncertainty into the economic outlook and forced households, businesses and government to consider how to respond.
The reaction so far? Not much. Los Angeles County recommended that residents wear masks again, but it’s one of the few governments to do so.
By and large, the delta variant has drawn a wait-and-see reaction….
