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Millions of job losses coming

The March employment report is more or less irrelevant at this stage because we already know that millions of workers have been laid off since the survey was conducted earlier this month. For what it’s worth, we expect a 95,000 increase in non-farm payrolls, but the April report is on course to be by far the weakest ever.

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