17.3 million workers filed jobless claims, March 1 to April 4.

that misses millions who lost their jobs but aren't eligible for benefits or couldn't file due to administrative problems.

14.0 percent is my estimate of the U.S. unemployment rate on April 4. I'm so sorry.

The Sahm rule was 3.5 percentage points on April 4, that is, 7 times the 0.5 percentage point threshold that is met in the early months of every recession.

we're living many heartbreaks. more to come. it is entirely possible that @BLS_gov will publish 20 percent for April.

I'll stop with numbers now. they're grim and are people's dreams gone, gone for now.

advice I got in Sept 2008 at @federalreserve "put your head down and do your work. you know how to do it. we need your best work."

whatever your "work," health, family, or jobs, thank you