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Fed battling unprecedented hit to economy

In case it hadn’t fully hit home yet, the surge in jobless claims last week, the reported collapse in vehicle sales and employment in March, and the size of the Fed’s policy response all underlined that the pandemic has taken us into uncharted waters.

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