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LISTEN: How The Coronavirus Downturn Might Play Out

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Ryan Caron King
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Connecticut Public Radio

The economy has been thrown into turmoil by the coronavirus pandemic, but predicting the longer-term effects of the downturn can be a tricky business. U.S. consumer spending was up a record 18% in May, despite the fact that unemployment remains in double digits. So how do we chart the future now that the pandemic has changed everything?

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Gene Sperling is the only person to serve under two presidents as director of the National Economic Council. Sperling is also a 1985 graduate of Yale Law School. He spoke with Connecticut Public Radio’s All Things Considered host, John Henry Smith.

Hear the interview below:

John Henry Smith is Connecticut Public’s host of All Things Considered, its flagship afternoon news program. He's proud to be a part of the team that won a regional Emmy Award for The Vote: A Connecticut Conversation. In his 21st year as a professional broadcaster, he’s covered both news and sports.

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