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Omicron hasn't stopped the jobs recovery -- yet
CNN
America closed out 2021 with strong jobs gains, economists predict. But just days into the new year, the Omicron variant is causing infections to soar and businesses to struggle. Will that derail the jobs recovery?
It's a bit too early to tell, in part because it's unclear how long the Omicron infection surge will last.
The government will release its official jobs tally for December on Friday at 8:30 am ET. But the report likely won't show the new variant's impact just yet. That's because the surveys the jobs report is based on are conducted in the middle of the month. People were already getting sick from the new variant in mid-December, but the rising infections had yet to cause the staff shortages businesses are struggling with now.
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