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

Miguel Faria-e-Castro

On the Economy from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-03-24
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