Weak Jobs Data Is ‘One-Off Slowdown,’ BlackRock Says Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast . U.S. hiring limped ahead in August, inflation pressures mounted in Europe and the delta variant of the coronavirus took a bigger toll on China’s economy. Here are some of the charts that appeared on Bloomberg this week on the latest developments in the global economy: U.S. Hiring downshifted abruptly in August with the smallest jobs gain in seven months, complicating a potential decision by the Federal Reserve to begin scaling back monetary support by year end. A record share of small-business owners said they had vacant positions in August, and an unprecedented number boosted wages to lure workers, a National Federation of Independent Business survey showed. Europe Euro-area inflation jumped to the highest in a decade in August, testing policy makers’ insistence that a […]