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To gauge economic damage from virus, watch for US jobs data

by AP Economics Writer
| March 5, 2020 1:30 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies and consumers have scrapped travel plans, and factories have endured broken supply chains from the coronavirus outbreak. If employers were to respond by slashing jobs, it would significantly escalate the economic damage.

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