Flash Commentary No. 1447
Economic Rebound Continues to Falter
August 2020 Payroll and Unemployment Details Show
Intensifying Flattening in the Developing L-Shaped Recovery
Year-to-Year Decline in Payrolls Has Stabilized Around 7.0% (-7.0%), a
Level Last Seen When the U.S. Economy Reset After World War II
Stalling Recovery Will Generate Greater Government Spending and
Federal Reserve Monetary Excesses
Developing Record Shortfall in Third-Quarter Real Trade Deficit
Has Negative Implications for Third-Quarter 2020 GDP
Handling of Needed Revisions to New Unemployment Claims
Rivaled Reporting Games that President Nixon Wanted to Play
Bureau of Labor Statistics Still Cannot Count the
Number of Unemployed Persons, Six Months into the Pandemic