from the St Louis Fed

-- this post authored by Charles Gascon, Regional Economist, and Devin Werner, Research Associate

Last week, we published a blog post estimating how many workers were at high risk of unemployment in the face of the current crisis, based on the characteristics of their occupation at the national level.[ 1[ This led to many inquiries about differences across the nation, so this follow-up post will apply the previous analysis to states and metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs).[ 2]

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Infographic Of The Day: What To Watch Out For With Homeowners Insurance

Today's infographic is a guide to finding the right type and level of coverage to safeguard your home and belongings against the unexpected.

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Current Weather Outlook

Written by Sig Silber

We published the NOAA Long-Term Forecast Friday Night.  Here we compare the NOAA forecast for Alaska and CONUS with the JAMSTEC forecast. Also provided are the JAMSTEC World Forecasts with special emphasis on Europe. As usual, the two forecasts are not in agreement especially in terms of Spring and Fall temperature and Summer and Fall Precipitation. JAMSTEC seems to be calling for a decent Monsoon and also a wet Central Plains and even the Northern Plains.

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