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MPR News with Angela Davis
Angela Davis and Katie Moritz

How Minnesotans are faring as the pandemic rocks our economy

Light shines on a nearly empty mall.
Shoppers wander through the Mall of America hours before it is set to close due to the coronavirus in Bloomington on March 17.
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Are you a contract worker who lost work because of the global COVID-19 pandemic? Or a restaurant worker whose hours have been cut or have vanished all together? Maybe you’ve been wondering if you should take money out of your retirement fund to get through these uncertain financial times.

MPR’s senior economics contributor Chris Farrell joins Angela to talk about what’s going on with the Minnesota and U.S. economy because of the pandemic, and takes calls from listeners trying to figure out a path forward.

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