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In reply to the discussion: The upcoming job losses will be unlike anything the US has ever seen [View all]MoonlitKnight
(1,584 posts)38. Thankfully on the low end
10 million so far, about 6.5 for this week. Probably will be adjusted upward next week.
Good chance we get closer to 20 million with around 8 million new claims next week.
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The upcoming job losses will be unlike anything the US has ever seen [View all]
MoonlitKnight
Mar 2020
OP
I was reading an economist the other day (forget which) who stated that the very thing
Hestia
Mar 2020
#17
He'll end his term with the highest unemployment and lowest stock market seen in modern times.
LudwigPastorius
Mar 2020
#18
The highest rate of U.S. unemployment was 24.9% in 1933, during the Great Depression.1
MoonlitKnight
Apr 2020
#41