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Nation Sees Record Filing for Unemployment Amid COVID-19 Crisis

By Cumulus Media Mar 26, 2020 | 6:33 AM

(KMJ) – Nearly 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week.  And that more than quadruples the previous record set in 1982.

And these filings come amid the widespread economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus.

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