Saturday, August 6, 2011

This Recession is Very Different



This graph shows that the average duration of unemployment is now twice as long as any other recession since the Great Depression. This only includes those who are still looking for work. If we added those who have stopped looking the number would be much higher. This means that many of those currently unemployed will become unemployable. The employment to population ratio will be permanently lowered.

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