
Data That Matters July 2020
Since data collection began, over half a million people (534,000) have died from Covid-19. The US ’employment-population’ ratio dropped to Continue reading
Since data collection began, over half a million people (534,000) have died from Covid-19. The US ’employment-population’ ratio dropped to Continue reading
Two of Covid’s main effects on the US: ~150,000 dead, so far; second quarter annualized GDP down 32.9%. That’s the Continue reading
The traditional unemployment numbers come with so many asterisks that we’re accustomed to ignore them. While the official US unemployment Continue reading
The US had record unemployment of 3.2 million in March, 6.6 million in April, and in May went from 30 Continue reading
Check back through some of this blog’s recent posts and find that the US had record unemployment of 3.2 million Continue reading
Over 350,000 dead globally (>100,000 in the US) and a record of over 30 million unemployed in the US, and Continue reading
No surprise, the US’s Gross Domestic Product rate went negative in the first quarter of 2020, down 4.8%. That’s comparable Continue reading
Every week has added to last month’s record US unemployment. Some recent weeks have singly been ten times the previous Continue reading