Economics
Worst Postwar U.S. Jobs Report Is On Tap: Here’s What to Watch
- April figures likely to set records across variety of gauges
- Data to show virus reach through hours, job-loss composition
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In one word: heartbreaking.
Friday’s U.S. jobs report is forecast to show employers slashed about 22 million jobs in April, nearly erasing a decade of job gains in a single month as the country shut down to control the spread of the coronavirus.