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GDP down a record 32.9%. Are we tired of "winning" yet? nt (Original Post)
Atticus
Jul 2020
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Lochloosa
(16,353 posts)1. Can you say depression? Soup lines are next.
dalton99a
(83,547 posts)2. It doesn't have to be this way at all
Horrific
kentuck
(112,429 posts)3. This is not good, is it?
The government will need to be very creative.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)4. Wow nt
MoonlitKnight
(1,585 posts)5. Expected
The strategy was to open up and show a big increase for next quarter which will be released in October just before election.
Instead we got an increase in infections and death.
Johnny2X2X
(21,262 posts)6. UE applications up again too to 1.4 million
1.4 million first time applications for UE, that's absolutely catastrophic in any year but this. The 3rd quarter is not going to be great, in fact it could end up shrinking slightly again because things are having to be shut back down.
All avoidable.
uponit7771
(91,258 posts)8. +1, ... and 867k increase in continuing claims. This is bad
uponit7771
(91,258 posts)7. +1, ... and we have 5 more months of this direction and another 3 - 6 months of Biden turning
... things around.