Job creation can help alleviate inequality, but inequality was a problem even when unemployment was low before Covid, said ANZ Bank's Richard Yetsenga.
Chad Wolf, acting head of DHS, is the third Cabinet-level official to quit since Trump supporters invaded the Capitol in a rage over Joe Biden's election.
House Democrats on Monday introduced an article of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump for inciting the mob attack at the Capitol last week.
The U.S. Treasury Department described the targeted sanctions as the "inner circle" of Ukrainian lawmaker Andrii Derkach, who was sanctioned last year.
Stocks dropped on Monday as investors assessed equity valuations and the outlook for more Covid-19 relief stimulus, along with ongoing political turmoil.
The identification of a new Covid variant comes as countries scramble to contain two other contagious strains that have emerged in the U.K. and South Africa.