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Connecticut Governor: Unemployment claims are going through the roof

Yahoo Finance Video
Updated

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont joins Influencers with Andy Serwer to discuss the role of government amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Video Transcript

GOV NED LAMONT: During the last recession, which was a bad recession, '08, '09. Let's say, 5,000 people a week applied for unemployment compensation, yesterday, 12,000 people in one day applied for unemployment compensation. So the economy is dropping off a cliff, especially when it comes to those small businesses, those Main Street merchants.

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