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NWSOFA Indivisible April Fiscal and Economic Issues Meeting

April 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

NWSOFA Indivisible April Fiscal and Economic Issues Meeting

Virtual
Chicago, IL 60640
When: Monday, April 20, 7:00 PM

There is a Chinese curse which says “May he live in interesting times.” Like it or not, we live in interesting times.
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Over 10 million Americans filed new unemployment claims in March. Although the report for March showed 700,000 lost jobs, we won’t begin to see the real impact in the monthly employment reports until the April report in early May. In the meantime, the Thursday reports on new unemployment filings are probably the best measure of the impact on our economy.
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How long will the downturn last? An unknown, as this should be driven more by the behavior of the novel coronavirus than politics. If we can convince everyone to stay home except for necessary trips and wear masks when we go out, we can suppress the spread of the virus and the downturn could be shorter. Especially if we can create sufficient testing infrastructure for when we loosen the restrictions.
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We met remotely in March and will be doing that again in April. The meeting will probably be either April 20th or 21st.
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You can view our March meeting at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LF9I721TA0 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRo062E5WqI

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Date:
April 20, 2020
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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NWSOFA
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nwsofa.org