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CBO Report Forecasts U.S. Unemployment to Hit 4.4%, Impacting 7.4 Million Amid Economic Contractions; Homelessness is Surging, and Bond Markets Are Signaling Recession.
Citizen Watch Report ^

Posted on 12/19/2023 5:29:43 AM PST by davikkm

A recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report has cast a shadow over the U.S. economic landscape, predicting a rise in unemployment from the current 3.9% to 4.4% by the end of 2024. This sobering forecast suggests potential job losses for approximately 7.4 million Americans, highlighting the precarious nature of the workforce amidst a contracting gross domestic product (GDP).

The CBO attributes the anticipated increase in unemployment to economic adjustments and policy shifts. As the nation grapples with these changes, weaker consumer spending is expected into the next year, along with a contraction in nonresidential investment. These factors are projected to lead to a deceleration in the economy, with real GDP growth slowing down from 2.5% this year to 1.5% in 2024.

(Excerpt) Read more at citizenwatchreport.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: cbo; homelessness; recession; unemployment

1 posted on 12/19/2023 5:29:43 AM PST by davikkm
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To: davikkm

Assuming no one in the media will mention this until the day after the election.


2 posted on 12/19/2023 5:31:53 AM PST by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: davikkm

Audit their data.


3 posted on 12/19/2023 5:35:46 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: davikkm

and yet the stock market is melting upwards. What is going on?


4 posted on 12/19/2023 5:37:41 AM PST by imabadboy99
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To: davikkm

This is what the fraud regime and it’s counterparts have all been working toward and waiting for.


5 posted on 12/19/2023 5:39:21 AM PST by dforest
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To: Demiurge2

Trump’s fault baked in. They’ll announce it so after the election.


6 posted on 12/19/2023 5:43:39 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: imabadboy99

No economist here but I have an idea.

Government is printing money and they could probably delay the recession by massively printing more, this makes stocks rise temporarily . Yet recession will surge again if they do (I guess they could drop the interest rate as well but again that causes inflation).

Sleepy Joe doesn’t care a whit about the country , you or me. He wants power. He doesn’t care if we get 10% inflation etc.

But voters do which puts poor Joe in a difficult spot; Lose voters due to a recession or inflation. What to do?

Don’t you feel sorry for him?…me neither.


7 posted on 12/19/2023 5:43:54 AM PST by Phoenix8
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To: imabadboy99

I believe all the small businesses going out of business have their customers going to the big businesses. Also, USA is the best of the worst to invest…


8 posted on 12/19/2023 5:44:49 AM PST by mikelets456
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To: davikkm

More Americans must work and Seniors will take a big cut to pay for the democrats Illegals


9 posted on 12/19/2023 6:14:18 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: davikkm

Just imagine what the REAL numbers are...


10 posted on 12/19/2023 6:24:42 AM PST by HandBasketHell
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To: imabadboy99

Bad News = Good News to the market

Slowing economy means rate reduction, future pullout

Soft landing supposedly

That’s the Kool Aid that moon faced Yellen feeds them


11 posted on 12/19/2023 6:36:56 AM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: imabadboy99

“and yet the stock market is melting upwards. What is going on?”

Companies are making money. Citizens who know what they are doing have cash, plenty of it. They have equity in their homes and low-interest payments. Citizens who don’t know how to prosper aren’t, and there are a lot of them too. Some of them are content to barely scrape by and not really work, just float around boondocking and part-timing their way to oblivion. I know some of them, of all ages. Their goal is to goof off, period. When they get old they will have to be cared for because they will have nothing.


12 posted on 12/19/2023 6:44:36 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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