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Jobless rate spikes to 14.7%, highest since Great Depression
By Christopher Rugaber
Why unemployment benefits for the self-employed may be less than expected
By Greg Iacurci
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April jobs report: U.S. employers cut 20.5 million payrolls, unemployment rate jumps to 14.7%
By Emily McCormick
US unemployment hits postwar high of 14.7%
By Colby Smith, James Politi & Mamta Badkar
20m Americans lost their jobs in April in worst month since Great Depression
By Dominic Rushe & Amanda Holpuch
Unemployment rate jumps to 14.7 percent, the worst since the Great Depression
By Andrew Van Dam & Heather Long
33 million have sought US unemployment aid since virus hit
By Christopher Rugaber
Record 20.5 million American jobs lost in April. Unemployment rate soars to 14.7%
By Anneken Swaantje Tappe
US Jobs Report Apr. 2020: Unemployment Rate Triples to 14.7%
By Katia Dmitrieva
How Bad Is Unemployment? 'Literally Off the Charts' (Published 2020)
By Nelson Schwartz, Ella Koeze & Ben Casselman