Hi, this is Rob and Nancy Raymond from Chusting, Michigan, USA. We are currently

hunkered down in pure Michigan at our 101-year-old family-owned clothing store

Ed Raymond and Sons. While we look forward to seeing customers again, we have been

humbled by the outrage given by our neighbors, customers, and friends. All who have

told us that our store is part of their story. This podcast was recorded it.

207 PM on Thursday, April 9th. Things may have changed since you've listened to

this, but our love for you has not. Okay, enjoy the podcast and don't forget to

shop small and dream big.

They actually told me that their family business started around the time of the

Spanish flu pandemic and it survived. And they hope the same will happen this time.

Yes, well good luck to them. I hope they're doing okay. Hey there, it's the NPR

Politics podcast. I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the White House. I'm Scott Horsley.

I cover the economy. I'm Danielle Kurtzlavin. I also cover the economy. Another 6.6

million Americans filed new unemployment claims last week. We got the

number today. That means that over the last three weeks, nearly 17 million people have

filed new jobless claims. That is stunning. One calculation I've seen thrown around a

bit today is that 10% of the US labor force that is people working or looking for work,

10% has filed for unemployment roughly in the last few weeks. That is ridiculously

high as you can tell of having trouble finding a word for it. Yeah, we've gone from

having a 50 year low unemployment rate of 3.5% in February to now something like 13.5%

which is higher than anything we've seen since the Great Depression. For some perspective

for our listeners out there that you know the last downturn during and after the great

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