1“U.S. Jobs Report Shows Clearest Data Yet on Economic Toll: Live Updates,” The New York Times, May 8, 2020.
2“Longer-Run Economic Consequences of Pandemics,” Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco as of March 2020.
3Corporations may determine to not pay dividends based on market circumstances.
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