U.S.-COVID-19-DELTA VARIANT-ECONOMIC RECOVERY Published On : 1 September, 2021 12:51 pm AGENCIES (210901) — WASHINGTON D.C., Sept. 1, 2021 (Xinhua) — People ride a scooter around Navy Yard in Washington D.C., the United States on Aug. 31, 2021. U.S. economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is slowing due to the spread of the Delta variant and a sizable segment of unvaccinated people, Joseph Brusuelas, chief economist at accounting and consulting firm RSM US LLP, said on Tuesday. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)