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New business formation in America goes bezonkers

What lies behind a welcome, and unexpected, trend?

|NEW YORK

AS THE PANDEMIC unfolded, the usual economic statistics produced the expected dire results. During the stretch in 2020 from February to May, 20m jobs were lost. Businesses were wiped out at a faster rate than during the financial crisis a decade earlier. Grim news was everywhere.

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