Investors are growing increasingly worried that the best of the economic recovery is already in the rearview mirror, said Gunjan Banerji and Akane Otani at The Wall Street Journal. After a blistering first half of 2021 that saw the S&P 500 notch 39 record closes, the spread of the Delta coronavirus variant has emerged among "a growing list of concerns" that spooked the market this week and fueled questions about how quickly the global economy can keep growing. A rise in COVID cases in several countries, including the United States, has "reignited the debate about whether governments should resume lockdowns and curb ... (full story)