From the newsroom of the Washington Post.

Hey, it's Ross Helderman from the Post. How are you?

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This is Post Reports. I'm Martine Powers.

It's Thursday, March 26th.

Today, what the stimulus package could mean for you?

What's next for restaurant workers? And the people who can't afford to stock up?

Broadly, how have average Americans and small businesses been feeling the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic?

This is totally unprecedented.

I'm Heather Long, the economics correspondent at the Washington Post.

It's causing havoc, the likes of which haven't been seen, probably since the Great Depression in the 1930s.

And it's happening so quickly.

I had to lay off five people, good people, people that did not need to be fired.

Almost everybody in the anteekent collectible business closed their doors. I think there's one that stayed open.

They had spoken to one of the managers and that tomorrow, one day, would be our last day working.

Millions of Americans have lost their jobs and countless small businesses that we all know in our own communities from bakeries to restaurants to gyms.

I am a florist in Kansas City. I'm an internet retailer.

I was a safari guide at the Rainforest Cafe.

I've just closed overnight. Basically half the economy, at least, is shut down right now.

And that's probably going to be true, at least through the end of April.

I live in the Smokin' Island East Tennessee area.

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