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What Happened Today: Another Unprecedented Jump In Unemployment

NPR

By Jim Zarroli

Published April 2, 2020 at 8:35 PM EDT

An NPR economics reporter answers listener questions about the enormous new unemployment numbers released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Copyright 2020 NPR

Jim Zarroli

Jim Zarroli is an NPR correspondent based in New York. He covers economics and business news.

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