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Mar 26, 2020

Record unemployment claims

We got the worst spike ever recorded in the number of people signing up for unemployment. And the data from government agencies might not be capturing the full scope of the damage. Virus relief bill passes in the Senate.

A sign is seen in front of the closed Department of Labor on March 25, 2020 in New York.
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The number of new jobless claims looks bad. The reality’s almost certainly worse.
by Mitchell Hartman
Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images
The statistics the government uses to measure unemployment are likely underreporting the results of the pandemic.
What happens if air-traffic controllers come down with COVID-19?
by Jack Stewart
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Cases of the disease have been reported in a handful of air traffic control sites around the U.S.

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David Brancaccio Host
Victoria Craig Host, BBC
Stephen Ryan Senior Producer, BBC
Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC
Daniel Shin Producer
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Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer
Alex Schroeder Producer
Erika Soderstrom Producer
Rose Conlon Producer
Brian Allison Technical Director

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Record unemployment claims

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Segments From This Episode

The number of new jobless claims looks bad. The reality’s almost certainly worse.

What happens if air-traffic controllers come down with COVID-19?

The Team