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Why keeping the delta variant in check is key to the economy

Clip: 8/4/2021 | 10m 18sVideo has Closed Captions

Why keeping delta variant in check is so important to our economy

As the economy tries to regain ground lost during the pandemic, and the delta variant threatens its progress, the nation’s top economists are watching a number of measures of recovery -- from housing costs and ownership rates, to jobs, interest rates and inflation -- closely. Judy Woodruff talks to Mary Daly, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, about what she is seeing.

08/04/2021

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