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     • The recession induced by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in steep job losses, pushed the unemployment rate to a high of 13.0 percent in the second quarter of 2020, and caused many people to leave the labor force. 1 By the end of 2021, even after substantial strides were made in combating the COVID-19 pandemic, the labor market still had not fully recovered. 2 The jobless rate continued to trend downward, and by the fourth quarter of 2021, it was 4.2 percent, 2.6...
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   Can a recession cause unemployment to trend up over time?

   • Because the unemployment rate rises quickly in recessions but falls slowly in expansions, it may not fall to its previous low point if a recession cuts an expansion short. 7 Hence, frequent recessions can cause the unemployment rate to trend up over time. Figure 1 shows that this happened in the 1950s and the 1970s.

   Recessions and the Trend in the US Unemployment Rate

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   What was the unemployment rate in February 2021?

   • Adjusting the unemployment rate for labor force exits, and also making a correction for measurement challenges that have affected government surveys in the pandemic, shows that the U.S. unemployment rate in February 2021 may have been as high as 9.9%, instead of 6.6% as officially reported.

   A year into COVID-19, U.S. labor market recovery is far from complete

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   Are unemployment rates higher in 2020 than in a normal recession?

   • The regression model estimates unemployment rates by age while controlling for the business cycle for the years 1976 to 2019. The model suggests that these rates were higher in the second and third quarters of 2020 than in a normal recession, especially for the young.

   The uneven economic consequences of COVID-19: A structural analysis

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   Is there a transition to unemployment in 2021?

   • First, we introduce a greater likelihood of transition to unemployment to match the unemployment rate developments observed until the first quarter of 2021 and during past recessions. Importantly, the shock to unemployment is implemented unevenly, hitting younger and poorer households harder.

   The uneven economic consequences of COVID-19: A structural analysis

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   What is the unemployment rate for 16- to 24-year-olds in 2021?

   • The unemployment rate for 16- to 24-year-olds decreased by 3.6 percentage points over the year, to 8.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2021. Within this age group, the jobless rate for teenagers (ages 16 to 19) fell by 3.3 percentage points over the year, to 11.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2021.

   U.S. labor market shows improvement in 2021, but the COVID-19 pand…

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   What was Canada's unemployment rate during the recession?

   • During the economic recession, Canada’s unemployment rate peaked at 8.4 percent, which was an increase of 2.2 points over the pre-recession unemployment level. By 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic, this rate had risen again, reaching almost ten percent, while the number of unemployed people had risen to almost two million.

   Unemployment in Canada - Statistics & Facts | Statista

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3. www.investopedia.com › ask › answersWhat Happens to Unemployment During a Recession? - Investopedia

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   Sep 11, 2023 · During the much shorter two-month recession set off by the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment climbed from just 3.5% in February 2020 to 14.7% in April 2020, the month when the recession ended.

4. www.clevelandfed.org › publications › economicRecessions and the Trend in the US Unemployment Rate

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   Feb 8, 2021 · The unemployment rate in the United States falls slowly in expansions, and it may not reach its previous low point before the next recession begins. Based on this feature, I document that the frequent recessions prior to 1983 are associated with an upward trend in the unemployment rate.

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6. www150.statcan.gc.ca › n1 › pubRecent developments in the Canadian economy: Fall 2021

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   Oct 27, 2021 · The unemployment rate fell to 6.9% in September, the lowest rate since the onset of the pandemic. The unemployment rate among core-age workers edged down to 5.9%, while the rate among youth declined to 11.3%.

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   Jul 3, 2024 · During the economic recession, Canada’s unemployment rate peaked at 8.4 percent, which was an increase of 2.2 points over the pre-recession unemployment level.

8. www.pewresearch.org › short-reads › 2021/04/14A year into COVID-19, U.S. labor market recovery is far from ...

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   Apr 14, 2021 · Adjusting the unemployment rate for labor force exits, and also making a correction for measurement challenges that have affected government surveys in the pandemic, shows that the U.S. unemployment rate in February 2021 may have been as high as 9.9%, instead of 6.6% as officially reported.

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   Jun 7, 2022 · The U.S. labor market continued to recover in 2021 from the recession caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. The number of people who were unemployed and the unemployment rate decreased over the year, but both measures remained above their prepandemic levels.

10. www.bankofcanada.ca › wp-content › uploadsThe uneven economic consequences of COVID 19: A structural ...

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    We show that the unemployment rate was higher in the second and third quarters of 2020, especially among the younger cohort,1 when compared with an average past recession.2 However, starting in the fourth quarter 2020, the unemployment rates for the two age groups we study (younger than 35 and older than 35) are not significantly different from ...