Keeping Track: A wave of key indicators delivers some sobering news
First quarter of economic contraction since 1993, biggest one-month jump in unemployment since 1980
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LILIAN AKWISOMBE
SOURCE: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, THE CONFERENCE BOARD, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PURCHASING MANAGEMENT. *A POLL-BASED READING OF INDUSTRY LEADERS' EXPECTATIONS.
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