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COVID-19 could shrink the earnings of 2020 graduates for years to come

  • Written by Celeste K. Carruthers, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Tennessee
Jobs could be hard to keep or find for quite a while.Chuck Savage/Getty Images

Before the coronavirus pandemic forced businesses and schools to close, high school and college graduates from the Class of 2020 could have expected to graduate into the strongest job market in 50 years.

Now, due to massive economic fallout, the Class of 2020 is at risk...

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