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Unemployment Claims Remain Above Pre-Pandemic Levels

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At least 840,000 Americans filed unemployment claims last week as more job losses became permanent, according to Labor Department figures released Thursday.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with Mike Regan, senior editor for Bloomberg News, about how Americans will survive in the absence of a federal relief package.

This segment aired on October 8, 2020.

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