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Goldman Sachs Sees 10% Unemployment in 2010

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The economics team at Goldman Sachs has revised its economic outlook lower, again:

We have marked down our forecast for US economic activity in the first half of 2009; we now expect real GDP to fall at annual rates of 7% this quarter and 3% next quarter (versus declines of 4½% and 1% previously)…

As a result of the additional near-term weakness, we have boosted our expected path of the unemployment rate, to 9½% by year-end 2009 and 10% by year-end 2010; both figures are ½ point above the previous forecast.

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What a BOLD prediction! 10%? We'll be there before May at this rate. There is already 12.5% in my neck of the woods. And remember, they futzed with the basis for the percentage a few years back, so the "REAL" unemployment is 2 to 3% higher than stated.

Mike In Unemployed Land of CA 1:44AM March 11, 2009

I honestly think things are not going to be as bad as predicted. Right now, while there are many things negatively affecting the economy, some of it is simply the same "irrational exuberance" now in reverse. Once we get out of that, the stock market will go back up and everything else will fall into place.

Harry of NY 10:34PM March 08, 2009

Goldman also predicted $200 oil for 2008 and did not predict the banking meltdown. So much for what Goldman Sachs says.

SRD of FL 11:43AM March 03, 2009

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