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    "title": "US unemployment surged in 2020, then fell",
    "subtitle": "Monthly unemployment rate · January 2019–December 2024",
    "unit": "Share of the labor force (%)",
    "source": "US Bureau of Labor Statistics · LNS14000000 · Retrieved 9 Sep 2026",
    "note": "Seasonally adjusted · Historical snapshot ending December 2024",
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    "rangeStart": "2020-03",
    "rangeEnd": "2020-05",
    "rangeLabel": "Spring 2020",
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      {
        "date": "2019-01",
        "series": 0,
        "text": "January 2019: 4.0% of the labor force was unemployed."
      },
      {
        "date": "2020-04",
        "series": 0,
        "text": "April 2020: 14.8%, the highest month in this displayed period."
      },
      {
        "date": "2024-12",
        "series": 0,
        "text": "December 2024: 4.1%. The spike had largely reversed."
      }
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