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US president Donald Trump. The sudden stop of the US economy has several economists predicting gross domestic product will shrink in the second quarter by the most in quarterly records dating back to 1947. Photograph: Bloomberg

Unemployment claims surge in US as coronavirus shuts down business

Economy
March 26, 2020, 13:07

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits surged to a record 3.28 million last week as businesses shuttered and laid off workers as par(...)

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