Tom Keene's EconoChat

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Where do you see the jobless rate in the short term?I expect the next monthly payroll numbers to be up enough to keep unemployment flat. Nine percent. Better flat than going up. Where is the jobless rate going to be by election time?Probably around 8.5 percent. What is the character of our labor economy today? You have an unusually high number of people who have been out of work for more than six months. Some are people whose skills are no longer required.