ABC News’ chief business correspondent Rebecca Jarvis explains the latest on the spike in unemployment claims due to coronavirus as a majority of the country is shut down. READ MORE: https://abcn.ws/2R5QP2r
A record-smashing 6,648,000 people filed for unemployment in the week ending March 28 amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday.
The COVID-19 financial crisis has clobbered the U.S. economy, forcing thousands of businesses to shutter amid government-mandated stay-in-place orders.
#ABCNews #BreakingNews #Unemployment #Covid19 #JoblessClaims #Economy #Coronavirus #COVID19
BREAKING NEWS UPDATES: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Coronavirus
SUBSCRIBE to ABC NEWS: https://bit.ly/2vZb6yP
Watch More on http://abcnews.go.com/
LIKE ABC News on FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/abcnews
FOLLOW ABC News on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/abc