CNN CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield September 4, 2021 17:26:00
Month. >> reporter: call it the delta drag. jobs growth slowed in august as the delta variant surged. after very strong hiring in june and july, august was the slowest job growth since january. and the very sector that drove so much of the job gains this year stalled. hiring in leisure and hospitality was flat. employment in that sector is still down about 10% since before the pandemic. job losses last month were in retail stores, even without renewed lockdowns, americans are turning more cautious about going out as the variant spreads and hospitals fill up. there was strong hiring in professi...
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