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Are states ready for a recession?

11.13.2019 - By MarketplacePlay

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The unemployment rate is at near-record lows, but if that changes, it will mostly fall to states to pay unemployment benefits. That’s what happened in the Great Recession, but many states had to borrow to make up the gap. Plus: What you need to know about Google and health care records, and why banking apps and startups are named things like “Dave” and “Alice.”

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