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4.4 million Americans sought jobless benefits last week

“It’s the fifth straight week that job losses were measured in the millions. From March 15 to April 18, 26.5 million people have probably been laid off or furloughed. The number of jobs lost in that brief span effectively erased all jobs created after the 2008 financial crisis. Jobless figures on this scale haven’t been seen since the Great Depression.”

(https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/23/economy-coronavirus-unemployment/)