The S&P 500 index dropped 106.84 points, or 2.3%, marking its worst day since February
Employers have made 18 million new hires since April 2020
The highly contagious delta variant may be slowing the recovery in jobs
The weekly jobs count has mostly fallen steadily since early January
Hiring strengthens to meet rising consumer demand
The unemployment rate dropped to 5.4%, as the U.S. economy bounces back
A gap between the vaccine haves and have-nots is expected to widen
U.S. jobless claims declined for the fifth week in a row to 385,000
President Joe Biden wants to crack down on the loopholes, shelters and havens that allow multinationals to dodge taxes
The U.S. economy, the world's biggest, is now forecast to expand 6.4% in 2021