cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/23647754
some sources
- https://seekingalpha.com/article/4359594-real-unemployment-rate-is-21-percent-and-heading-higher
- https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/30/what-its-like-to-be-evicted-during-the-coivd-19-pandemic.html
- https://firstfocus.org/update/nearly-5-million-children-have-lost-health-care-due-to-unwinding/
- https://jedfoundation.org/mental-health-and-suicide-statistics/
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2021/01/26/report-american-billionaires-have-added-more-than-1-trillion-in-wealth-during-pandemic/
It’s almost half that at 4.2% as of Nov.2024.
The link I posted says 7.8, seasonally adjusted. It’s the bottom-right-most cell in the table