a record 6.6 million file for unemployment

[Demovictory9]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/economy/unemployment-benefits-coronavirus/index.html

6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week — a record high as coronavirus takes its toll

[doc03]

1. Trump will soon break another Obama record. The unemployment

peaked at 10% in October 2009.

https://www.factcheck.org/2017/09/obamas-final-numbers/

[Demovictory9]

2. I remember those days. Remember the 99%. 50 year old plus found themselves unemployable

housing market tanked. One job opening... 1000s would apply.

[captain queeg]

3. That's about twice what some places were predicting

Some estimates were as high as 5 million but most were between 3 and 4

[Demovictory9]

4. wow

[doc03]

5. I find it hard to believe that's all it was, but I live in Ohio where

everything has been shut down for over 3 weeks. Most red states are still whistling past the graveyard though.

[PubliusEnigma]

6. Trump is turning the USA into the Taj Mahal.

[Under The Radar]

7. And like in each of his failed enterprises he skates free

[Roland99]

8. State-by-State breakdown of Unemployment numbers......

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/california-tops-1-million-jobless-claims-in-past-two-weeks-see-which-states-have-suffered-the-most-coronavirus-layoffs-2020-04-02

[Takket]

9. I wonder what that drives the unemployment rate up to

And this is only just the start. We have weeks more of isolation ahead of us. If not months.