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Economic fallout mounts, worldwide cases top 1 million

by Associated Press
| April 2, 2020 1:27 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak has thrown 10 million Americans out of work in just two weeks, the swiftest, most stunning collapse the U.S. job market has ever witnessed, and economists warn unemployment could reach levels not seen since the Depression, as the economic damage piles up around the world.

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