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Fed: Unemployment Rate Could Reach 32%

30-3-2020 < Blacklisted News 37 95 words
 
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Millions of Americans already have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus crisis and the worst of the damage is yet to come, according to a Federal Reserve estimate.


Economists at the Fed’s St. Louis district project total employment reductions of 47 million, which would translate to a 32.1% unemployment rate, according to a recent analysis of how bad things could get.


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