2.4 million more people filed for unemployment

May 21, 2020

2.4 million more people filed for unemployment

First-time unemployment claims are down slightly from the week before. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

It's now 39 million people that have filed first-time unemployment claims since the lockdowns started. Mortgage loan delinquencies skyrocket. Marketplace's podcast "The Uncertain Hour" has a new episode out about the wealth and poverty history of quarantines.

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As unemployment skyrockets, so do mortgage loan delinquencies

by Jasmine Garsd

May 21, 2020

April saw the biggest one-month jump in U.S. home loan delinquencies ever.

More than 3.8 million mortgage holders, 7.3% of all home loans, have already entered into forbearance plans as of April 30.

Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

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