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*Title:* Nearly 28 million workers applied for unemployment insurance benefits in the last six weeks
*Authors: * Heidi Shierholz
*Source:* Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
*Date:* April 30, 2020
*Summary: *The number of workers applying for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits has risen to never-before-seen levels as a result of the coronavirus shock. In the last six weeks, nearly 28 million workers https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf have applied for unemployment compensation. That is more than one in six workers, and over five times the *worst* period of the Great Recession.
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