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3.2 million unemployment claims filed last week, for a total of 33 million

The latest report from the Labor Department shows that 3.2 million Americans filed unemployment claims last week. That brings the total up to 33 million left jobless since the coronavirus crisis hit. Brown University economics professor John Frieden joins CBSN to discuss the latest numbers, and the economy tracker he has developed with colleagues from Brown and Harvard.
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