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What Happened Today: Another Unprecedented Jump In Unemployment

By Jim Zarroli
Published April 2, 2020 at 5:35 PM MST

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

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