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Unemployment claims this week hit levels not seen since the great recession. And while stocks on Wall Street had a good day, that’s been the exception as opposed to the norm. For some economic analysis and to help make sense of what’s going on, we’ll talk with Jim Rounds, an economist with Rounds Consulting.

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