Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis leader James Bullard doesn’t expect the surge in Covid-19 cases tied to the Delta variant to derail a robust U.S. economic recovery.
“We do track the pandemic every day. We’re still in a crisis and we do have to, you know, be nimble,” Mr. Bullard said Wednesday in a virtual appearance hosted by MarketWatch. “The most important thing about this is that the economy has clearly adapted to the pandemic situation,” the official said, and that suggests it can weather the current surge.
“You’ve…