High-Frequency Post-Virus Recovery - 2025-02-19

Date: 
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Summary: 

Since Trump's inauguration and the headlong dash of DOGE, new claims for unemployment in Washington DC have totaled 3.7 thousand, Maryland 8.6 thousand, and Virginia 1.1 thousand. Across all states, the average is 13.5 thousand. Yes, that's not population-adjusted, but it's indicative that, so far, all the overheated headlines about DOGE have been, well, overheated.