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The COVID-19 recession causes the U.S. unemployment rate to hit 14.9 percent, its worst rate since the Great Depression.
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COVID-19 recession
Economic downturn, primarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Unemployment in the United States
Explanation of unemployment in the United States, presently and historically
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Great Depression in the United States
Period in American history, 1929–1939
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