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Pandemic Unemployment Plays Out Differently in the US and Europe

A woman, holding an unemployment application, speaks with an unseen state worker via intercom outside this state WIN job center in Canton, Miss., Wednesday, April 29, 2020.

Dominic Rushe, business editor for The Guardian US, explains why unemployment numbers - while still high and growing - are less dramatic in Europe compared to the United States.