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Travel restrictions, market crashes, lockdown orders, and many other consequences related to COVID-19 are affecting businesses and workers. In just one week in Michigan, 108,710 unemployment claims were filed, 20 times the normal average of 5,000 claims.
What will the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report as the unemployment rate for March 2020 here, in percent?
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