Evidence of Delta variant impact on job mkt: 5.6M unable to work because employer hit by pandemic (was 5.2M in July) & leisure/hospitality payrolls unchanged after rising an avg of 350K/mo over the past 6 mo

— Greg McBride, CFA (@BankrateGreg) September 3, 2021

There could be a method to the madness of the GOP’s anti-vaxx brigade; crater the economy and take back the House and Senate in next year’s mid-terms.