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MoonlitKnight

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6. 16.8%

Fri May 8, 2020, 04:34 AM

May 2020

But I would not be shocked to hit 20%. I think numbers are still suppressed by failed state unemployment claim systems.

We also have a ton of people being paid but not working. Partly from PPP, but mostly from companies trying to do the right thing. How long they can continue is the big question.

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Whats the unemployment rate going to be in 5 hours? [View all] Garion_55 May 2020 OP

17% dalton99a May 2020 #1

news said 16% Demovictory9 May 2020 #2

Everyone is predicting in the mid-teens. W_HAMILTON May 2020 #3

16.1% Celerity May 2020 #4

3 more hours! place your bet! Garion_55 May 2020 #5

16.8% MoonlitKnight May 2020 #6

20 % of workers have applied for unemployment. kentuck May 2020 #7

Reported rate, 18%, actual will be higher irisblue May 2020 #8

15.9%, a couple tenths lower than expected, stock market goes up 500 points Amishman May 2020 #9

Over 20. Squinch May 2020 #10

16% +/- beachbumbob May 2020 #11

it is 14.7%, per MSNBC live, right now Celerity May 2020 #12

14.7% seems low MoonlitKnight May 2020 #13

+1 dalton99a May 2020 #14

some states systems are vaporlocked Amishman May 2020 #15

This isn't just Covid MoonlitKnight May 2020 #16

Whatever trump lets them put out duforsure May 2020 #17

Buried in the report, the real number is 5% higher MoonlitKnight May 2020 #18

Can we call this Trump's Great Depression now? Baclava May 2020 #19