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Great Depression II. Not.
By Mark Perry on May 12, 2009 | More Posts By Mark Perry | Author's Website
Between 1931 and 1940, the MINIMUM monthly unemployment rate was 11% in July 1937, and the average jobless rate was 17.3% (see chart above). It seems very likely that the MAXIMUM unemployment during the current recession won’t reach the MINIMUM of 11% during the Great Depression.
According to the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Survey of Professional Forecasters (released February 13, new survey is due out this Friday), the average unemployment rate expected for 2009 is 8.4% and the average forecast for 2010 is 8.8%. Obviously these forecasts will be adjusted upward this Friday, but it still seems probable that the jobless rate in this recession won’t even reach the minimum monthly rate of the 1930s, and certainly won’t come anywhere close to the 17.3% average jobless rate during the Great Depression.
For a related analysis, see Freakonomics post “This is Not Another Great Depression“
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