Just how nasty were Thursday’s jobless claims figures? According to the Labor Department, initial jobless claims were their highest since September 2001.The four-week average - which smoothes out weekly volatility - was its highest since March 1991.And continuing claims lasting more than one week were their highest since January 1983.

What do those three dates have in common? All came either during or right after the last three NBER recessions. –Brian Blackstone

Αυτό που με προβληματίζει λίγο είναι το "μετά"...

Δηλαδή το "κατά τη διάρκεια" πόσο άσχημο θα είναι;

Πήρα μια πληρωμένη απάντηση από κάποιον john henze στα comments της είδησης της WSJ:

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t12.htm

U-6 is at 12% and is a much better measure of the true unemployment picture because if all you can get is a part time job you are not going to pay all your bills.

This time next year U-6 will be in the 20s and that will come close to the 25% unemployment rate in the 30s.

U-6: Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of all civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers

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Εαν "πιάσουμε" το 1982, τότε το peak των αιτήσεων ανεργίας αυτής της ύφεσης θα πρέπει να πλησιάσει τις 900,000....