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LTC John Shaw
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Negative 'growth' of 1.4% for the US in the first quarter, if the second quarter goes negative, the recession is here.
https://www.bea.gov/news/2022/gross-domestic-product-first-quarter-2022-advance-estimate
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SPC David Willis
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Itll also be interesting to see if this housing bubble bursts anytime soon and what the fall out of that will be. Lots of houses selling that will actually depreciate in value in the relative short term future.
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SGT Whatever Needs Doing.
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I think the unemployment numbers are skewed, a lot. It looks at total population numbers and determines the % of folks looking for work, and right now there are a lot of people that just don't want to work and are sitting on their couches not looking.
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SPC David Willis
SPC David Willis
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That may be but if they dont want to work then they shouldnt be counted as unemployed. The unemployment rate has always been a look at jobs to job seekers in the population. My wife stopped working when COVID hit because our day care fell through and her paycheck would have almost exclusively gone to child care so no she just stays at home. Shes not working but I wouldnt consider her "unemployed" as it pertains to the unemployment rate.
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SGT Mary G.
SGT Mary G.
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Some folks got used to working at home increasingly becoming a paid vacation. When "public servants" do that everything goes to hell!
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