Job creation for August was a huge disappointment, with the economy adding just 235,000 positions, CNBC reports.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for 720,000 new hires.
This is obviously a reaction to the surging Delta variant. The economy will not fully rebound until the pandemic is behind us.


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