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      • What's most likely, he said, is that the U.S. experiences "a mild recession in 2023 as the Fed hits the brakes to bring inflation under control." Even if a recession occurs, Ehrlich said, the unemployment rate isn't likely to skyrocket but instead could top out around 5% or lower. The U.S. unemployment rate was 3.5% in September.
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  2. Aug 15, 2022 · A "growth recession," Guatieri explained, is a term for when the economy is so weak that the unemployment rate drifts higher by about one per cent over a couple of years.

  3. Jan 31, 2023 · The unemployment rate remains at 3.5%, the lowest in a half-century. And there are about 10.5 million job openings. Yet many economists believe we are heading for some type of economic...

  4. Jul 7, 2022 · Canada's unemployment rate has never been this low. Employers are adding jobs and hiring what few workers haven't already been gobbled up. GDP growth in Canada is also better than any other...

  5. Nov 28, 2023 · The unemployment rate tends to rise substantially, leaving people with less income, and companies suffer from fewer sales. Consumer and business insolvencies typically jump, too.

  6. Mar 15, 2023 · We continue to expect unemployment rates to drift higher – to 6.8% in Canada from 5.0% currently by early 2024. The alternative to a ‘bumpy’ landing might not be pretty. The upcoming recession we expect still sits firmly on the ‘mild’ side of historical downturns. But we don’t expect a bumpy landing for the economy to be avoided altogether.

  7. Feb 17, 2023 · A lot of the most important numbers are in: jobs and unemployment data, data about prices, debt and credit, and (the big one) economic growth itself (aka Gross Domestic Product). Some of this...

  8. Oct 14, 2022 · In a mild recession, widespread layoffs are unlikely and much of the contraction will be in job vacancies, said Guatieri. If the economy moves into a more traditional recession, however,...

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