Mark Gongloff, Columnist

This Ugly Jobs Report Is Just the Beginning

America will need much more stimulus.

May 8, 2020 at 8:33 PM UTC

Mark Gongloff is a Bloomberg Opinion editor and columnist covering climate change. He previously worked for Fortune.com, the Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal.

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Some things are intensely awful no matter how much you prepare for them, such as jumping into icy water or listening to Nickelback. Today’s jobs report was like that.