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Afaik Norway was one of the first countries that made similar numbers public, as about a week ago they had announced that unemployment had risen from app. 2% to
by paganel 7y ago
Afaik Norway was one of the first countries that made similar numbers public, as about a week ago they had announced that unemployment had risen from app. 2% to 10.4%. The article is here [1]. My ballpark estimate is GDP going down by 20-30% for the next two quarters at least.
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-24/norway-jobless-rate-soars-to-highest-since-wwii-as-crisis-hits https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-24/norway-jo...
- onefuncman 7y agoAustria 8.1% Feb 2020 -> 12.2% Mar 2020 Philippines 4.5% -> 5.3% Belarus 0.3% -> 0.2% (???) per https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/unemployment-rate https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/unemployment-rate Israel 18.6% 3/24 to 24.4% today - https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-unemployment-in-israel-up-to-186-1001323094 https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-unemployment-in-israel-up... and https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/The-number-of-unemployed-in-Israel-tops-1-million-for-the-first-time-623151 https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/The-number-of-unemployed... I'm not sure why Israel has their numbers available so quickly.
- myth_drannon 7y agoBelarus, I suspect agriculture sector is working 110% to provide more food to Russia which started to have food runs.