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blogs.reuters.com - 10/23/2009
Unemployment datapoint of the day
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The length of time the average unemployed person has been without a job has been hitting new record highs for a while; it's now managed to pass the 6-month mark. That's much higher than any previous peak in this data series. And I fear that the only way it's likely to come down any time soon is ...
Unemployment and inflation
econbrowser.com - 10/21/2009
Unemployment and inflation
— econbrowser.com — Does high unemployment mean that there's nothing to worry about in terms of inflation? Since I'll be... trying to answer this question quantitatively using some equations, I'll begin with some notation. Let u t denote the unemployment rate as of the ... (more) Unemployment and inflation

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Global Unemployment: A Panel Discussion
delong.typepad.com - 10/27/2009
Global Unemployment: A Panel Discussion
— delong.typepad.com — An event: Berkeley Law - Global Financial & Economic Crisis Series: Global Unemployment : WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 28TH,... 2009; 12:30 - 1:45 PM; BOOTH AUDITORIUM; BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW A panel discussion featuring: John Quigley, ... (more) Global Unemployment: A Panel Discussion

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J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles — ... Simplenote Backup Felix Salmon: Unemployment datapoint of the day The length of time the average unemployed person has been without a job has been hitting ...

Friday links: slick sales pitches
Abnormal Returns — ... “The overwhelming majority of the working population will never be able to prepare themselves for a period of unemployment lasting more than six months.”  (Felix Salmon) ...

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