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US Record Unemployment Claims, 6 Million : Politics Podcast : The NPR Politics Podcast More than six million people filed for unemployment last week, on top of the 3.3 million claims the week prior. Analysts project the share of Americans out of work could go as high as 15 percent this year.

This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, chief economics correspondent Scott Horsley, and reporter Danielle Kurtzleben.

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Nearly Ten Million Americans Have Filed For Unemployment In The Last Two Weeks

Nearly Ten Million Americans Have Filed For Unemployment In The Last Two Weeks

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More than six million people filed for unemployment last week, on top of the 3.3 million claims the week prior. Analysts project the share of Americans out of work could go as high as 15 percent this year.

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