Goldman Sachs asks employees in US to work from home until January 18

The United States is averaging more than 300,000 new cases a day for the first time in the pandemic

Goldman Sachs told its U.S. employees to work from home for the first two weeks of the year, joining Wall Street competitors that had already given similar instructions as coronavirus cases have surged.

Employees who are able to work remotely should do so until January 18 in response to rising infection rates, the investment bank said in an email to employees. Just last week, the firm announced new booster and testing requirements, but, unlike many of its peers, did not encourage staff to work from home. Goldman called most workers back to the office in June, and its chief