The U.S. Economy’s Prospects Looked Bright, Until the Delta Variant Surged - WSJ

Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of U.S. goods and services produced, grew at a 6.5% annual rate in the second quarter, up slightly from a 6.3% growth rate in the first three months of the year, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

An earlier version of the article listed the estimate: 8.5%.

Now this inconvenient fact is pushed down several paragraphs and mentioned only in passing.

Why the huge miss? Look at all of the ways the government has “helped.”