2.4 million more people filed for unemployment
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First-time unemployment claims are down slightly from the week before.
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It's now 39 million people that have filed first-time unemployment claims since the lockdowns started. Mortgage loan delinquencies skyrocket. Marketplace's podcast "The Uncertain Hour" has a new episode out about the wealth and poverty history of quarantines.
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Music from the episode
Same Old Lie Jim James
The team
David Brancaccio
Host
Victoria Craig
Host, BBC
Stephen Ryan
Senior Producer, BBC
Jonathan Frewin
Producer, BBC
Daniel Shin
Producer
Jay Siebold
Technical Director
Brian Allison
Engineer
Meredith Garretson Morbey
Senior Producer
Erika Soderstrom
Producer
Rose Conlon
Producer
Alex Schroeder
Producer