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Back-of-the-Envelope Estimates of Next Quarter’s Unemployment Rate


Abstract: Layoffs are certainly one of the effects of battling COVID-19. What sort of unemployment rate might we see in the second quarter of 2020?

Keywords: Labor; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Layoffs; Unemployment Rate; Labor Force;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Source: On the Economy

Publication Date: 2020-03-24