The coronavirus has devastated the U.S. economy. In just 5 weeks, more than 26 million people have filed for unemployment.
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Each dot here dot represents 10,000 people who filed for unemployment in the U.S. Watch how the number has grown since mid-March. http://nyti.ms/2S3WSVD ">https://nyti.ms/2S3WSVD&q...
To put it another way, the number of jobs lost already because of the coronavirus outbreak is roughly equal to the working populations of 25 states. http://nyti.ms/2S3WSVD ">https://nyti.ms/2S3WSVD&q...
Until last month, the worst week for unemployment filings was 695,000 in 1982. http://nyti.ms/2S3WSVD ">https://nyti.ms/2S3WSVD&q...
As bad as the unemployment picture looks, the numbers likely don’t even capture the full picture. Read more about why here. https://nyti.ms/352zayr ">https://nyti.ms/352zayr&q...