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What it's like to run a state unemployment office right now

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Apr 17, 2020
"Nothing has been as challenging, as nerve-wracking, as stressful as this," said Ed Serna, Executive Director of the Texas Workforce Commission.
Workers at a pandemic flu service call center in London in 2009.
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Prospect of U.S.-China "decoupling" grows amid shortages of medical goods

by Scott Tong
Apr 17, 2020
Shortages of medical goods change executives’ views of ties between giant trading partners
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China and the U.S. are growing (or not growing) apart

Apr 17, 2020
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Supply chains are being pulled to the limit

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 17, 2020
Many companies are taking a hard look at their tattered supply chains.
Cranes stand idle at the Port of Los Angeles — the nation's busiest container port — as supply chains shift during COVID-19.
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Air travel is almost completely grounded due to COVID-19, as these 6 charts show

by Jack Stewart and Gabriel Cortes
Apr 17, 2020
The number of people traveling by plane has dropped at least 95%. We run the numbers.
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Washington relief packages leave out many domestic workers

by Danielle Renwick
Apr 17, 2020
More than 80% say they’ don’t know if they can afford food in coming weeks, according to the National Domestic Workers Alliance.
An estimated 94% of domestic workers have had clients cancel on them during the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the National Domestic Workers Alliance, a network of activist groups.
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Renters, landlords seek middle ground as tenants struggle with payments

by Amy Scott
Apr 17, 2020
With lost income due to the COVID-19 slowdown, many renters can't pay in full.
The percentage of apartment dwellers paying rent is up this week. But many can't pay in full.
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Could employers start testing employees for COVID-19 at work?

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Apr 17, 2020
The prospect raises health care privacy concerns about protections for workers found to be ill.
Will testing at work be feasible, given concerns about privacy and availability?
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How do we get the economy back to normal? "Extremely cautiously," says Economist editor in chief

by David Brancaccio , Meredith Garretson , Candace Manriquez Wrenn and Daniel Shin
Apr 17, 2020
"We're seeing the alarming cost of the lockdown," Zanny Minton Beddoes said.
Travelers, some in protective gear, walk through John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) as it stands mostly empty due to the ongoing cutbacks in travel because of the coronavirus on April 16, 2020 in New York City.
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Philadelphia Fed president on reopening the economy: "It’s going to take some time"

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Apr 17, 2020
Don’t expect an immediate economic rebound, Patrick Harker says.
A couple wearing masks crosses the almost deserted Times Square on April 13, 2020 in New York City.
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