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Science
What Happened Today: Racial Disparities In COVID-19 Deaths, Economic Relief Details
NPR science and economics correspondents answer questions about the federal government's efforts to confront the virus.
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Business
U.S. Lost 701,000 Jobs In March; Much Worse To Come
For the first time in nearly a decade, the economy suffered a net loss of jobs as the coronavirus began to take hold in the country. The unemployment rate shot up to 4.4%.
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Business
New Survey Shows Manufacturing Activity Slumped In March
New orders, production and employment were all down.These are just some of the ways the coronavirus pandemic and the government's effort to address it are slamming the brakes on the U.S. economy.
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Business
Economy On Lockdown: Jobless Rate Could Be Highest Since WWII
As efforts to slow the coronavirus pandemic temporarily put millions of Americans out of work, forecasters are predicting a record slowdown in the U.S. economy.
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Health
What Happened Today: Latest Briefing, Accessing Relief Package Benefits
NPR science and economic correspondents answer questions about Monday's White House briefing and accessing benefits made available in the Congressional relief package signed into law on Friday.
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Politics
Coronavirus Latest: New Guidelines For Counties, Unemployment Spikes
Following the latest Coronavirus Task Force briefing, NPR correspondents detail the White House plan to categorize counties based on their coronavirus risk and the congressional rescue bill.
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Health
What Happened Today: Listener Questions About The Economic Relief Bill, More
NPR economics and science correspondents answer listener questions about what the federal government is doing. Are the latest measures working? What is happening with the economic relief bill?
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Business
The Economy Is Getting Hit Hard And The Forecasts Are Scary
Forecasters say the government's aggressive efforts to slow the spread of the virus will trigger the sharpest slowdown in the economy on record. Some see GDP shrinking a staggering 24%.
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Business
Stimulus Cash For Strapped Workers, With Few Places To Spend It
The $1 trillion stimulus package proposed by the Trump administration is unusual in that it would give Americans more spending money, even as many spending outlets have been closed by the pandemic.
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Business
Trump Proposes Stimulus Package For Coronavirus Outbreak's Economic Damage
The Trump administration is proposing an $850 billion stimulus package to help struggling businesses and individuals weather the economic slowdown triggered by the coronavirus.