Identify at least two changes to the Unemployment Insurance Policy that were instituted in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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Visit the Bureau of Labor Statistics website ( and identify the national unemployment rate. How do you interpret this rate? Next, read about the Unemployment Insurance in the chapter on Unemployment. Identify at least two changes to the Unemployment Insurance Policy that were instituted in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 crisis. You can read more about the Unemployment policies here. ( might be some of the short-term and long-term consequences of this change.