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Mar 19, 2020

COVID-19 drives unemployment claims up

There were 281,000 more people who signed up for unemployment benefits last week. The big three Detroit automakers say they’re shutting down factories until at least March 30. The cities and states putting temporary holds on evictions.

Many more people than expected signed up for unemployment benefits last week.
Many more people than expected signed up for unemployment benefits last week.
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