Survey: Businesses cut 2.76M jobs in May

Josh Boak

06/03/2020

ADP has found that U.S. businesses have let go of a combined 22.6 million jobs since March. / AP FILE PHOTO/NAM Y. HUH

BALTIMORE (AP) – United States businesses shed 2.76 million jobs in May as the economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak stretched into a third month. The payroll company ADP reported Wednesday that businesses have let go of a combined 22.6 million jobs since March. The virus forced employers to shutter offices, factories, gyms and schools,…

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