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		paganel on April 2, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Additional 6.6M File for Initial Unemployment Bene... 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-jo...

onefuncman on April 2, 2020 [–]

Austria 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

Israel 18.6% 3/24 to 24.4% today - https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-unemployment-in-israel-up... and https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/The-number-of-unemployed...

I'm not sure why Israel has their numbers available so quickly.

myth_drannon on April 2, 2020 | [–]

Belarus, I suspect agriculture sector is working 110% to provide more food to Russia which started to have food runs.

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