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With 20% Of Workforce Filing Jobless Claims, Fed Chair Powell Asks Lawmakers For More Stimulus

The number of Americans filing jobless claims came in just shy of 3 million last week. We talk to Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi), MSNBC anchor and economics correspondent, about whether more stimulus spending from Congress is necessary to offset the job losses.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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