08-28-2020, 12:06 AM
(08-27-2020, 11:14 PM)Farm93 Wrote:I don't know. That Abbot Laboratories test is a total game changer if it's for real, and it apparently is. We may have seen the worst.(08-27-2020, 09:31 PM)Mick Wrote: Initial unemployment claims top 1 million,1 million will look like a small number when the October weeks are posted. A number of companies have already noted they will be making significant payroll cuts after their PPP windows permit layoffs and furloughs.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/unemploymen...1598481716
27 million claiming benefits in all programs,
https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf
This is an interesting series of graphics. Worth a look:
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/2020-jobs-t...half-year/
Also COVID19's second wave could be massive given the USA's lack of preparedness for that wave.
Mick, I hope you aren't planning to continue to keep posting this week after week, as it won't really get better until the USA rallies to defeat COVID19. COVID19 is more than capable of keeping the economy down for several more months if it is allowed to thrive relatively unchecked.
I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness - yeah, and a little looking out for the other fella, too.