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US President-elect Joe Biden said Friday’s “grim” jobs report showed the economic recovery was stalling and warned the “dark winter” ahead would exacerbate the pain unless the US Congress passed a coronavirus relief bill immediately.
Biden said in a statement:
The situation requires urgent action. Americans need help and they need it now.”