PBS News Hour

Americans losing jobs face financial fallout -- and fear

The loss of jobs caused by the coronavirus pandemic and its fallout is unprecedented in the U.S. Over 10 million Americans became unemployed in the past two weeks alone -- and economists say there are many more who have not yet been counted. The NewsHour continues to share the stories of some of those who have been laid off or furloughed, in their own words.

Americans losing jobs face financial fallout -- and fear

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