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Re:Ask HN: Who has been laid off? by mercutio2 on Friday April 03, 2020 @01:58PM (#22772215)
March numbers for overall unemployment rate have been published, but they’re wildly inaccurate because their reference date is mid-month, before most layoffs started.

So we don’t really know yet with precision, but it’s getting close to Great Recession levels.

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Re:Ask HN: Who has been laid off? by Spooky23 on Friday April 03, 2020 @10:26PM (#22775699)
No, it’s Great Depression levels. You can tell from suppliers.

I just got some equipment quoted with a 2 week delivery guarantee. A month ago there was a 10 week backorder due to Chinese supply chain issues.

The overall market is imploding. Once you see prices drop, that’s it.

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