Will Surging Unemployment Crush Home Sales?
Posted by Larry Tollen on
Ten million Americans lost their jobs over the last two weeks.
The next unemployment rate will be announced on May 8th. It is expected to be in the double digits. Due to the health crisis; the economy has essentially come to a screeching halt; and many are feeling a personal financial crisis. James Bullard, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, explained that the government is trying to find ways to assist both those who have lost their jobs as well as the companies which were forced to close (think: your neighborhood restaurant). In a recent interview he said:
"This is a planned, organized partial shutdown of the U.S. economy in the second quarter. The overall goal is to keep everyone, households and businesses, whole."
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