Chicago Fed economists see ‘U-Cov’ jobless rate as high as 34%

The official U.S. unemployment rate for April, due out this Friday, will likely vastly understate job destruction from the coronavirus pandemic, so a pair of economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago set out to create a measure that captures the true extent of labor market losses. Their estimate: a ‘U-Cov’ rate in April…

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