
U.S. Job Growth Falls to Slowest Pace of Year Due To COVID-19 Delta Variant
In September, employment growth in the United States slowed to its weakest pace of the year, indicating that the Delta form of the coronavirus and a chronic labor shortage hampered the economy’s recovery. According to the Labor Department, the economy gained 194,000 jobs in September, the fewest since December 2020 and down from 366,000 jobs