Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Estimates of Employment Losses by State

CNBC shared highlights of an analysis by IHS Markit regarding estimated employment losses by state for 2020.  They expect that the hardest hit states will be ones in which tourism plays a large role (Nevada and Florida).


The following is not economics, but provides estimates of the impact of Covid-19, based on a respected model: http://covid19.healthdata.org/projections.  It estimates the peak being mid-April, but a similar number of deaths per day in mid-May as there are currently, before declining further as we enter June.