unemployment rate

4 statements across 3 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Mar 6, 2021 by David Sacks · across every show →

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Mar 6, 2021 bullish

Prediction Partly held up

Sacks: US unemployment will fall to 3-4% within two quarters

“We're already down to six percent unemployment. We're going to be down to, I'd say probably three or four percent. In two quarters.”

David Sacks Mar 6, 2021 ▶ 16:30 E24: Markets trend down, political pandemic manipulation, stimulus breakdown, biological Patriot Act

May 13, 2022 bearish

Prediction Partly held up

Chamath: US unemployment rate will start rising in 2022

“Jobless claims are now starting to tick up, which means that companies are beginning to affect layoffs because they feel this pressure. So now you're going to see an unemployment rate that starts to go up.”

Chamath Palihapitiya May 13, 2022 ▶ 10:37 E80: Recession deep dive: VC psychology, macro risks, Tiger Global, predictions and more

May 13, 2022 positive

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Calacanis: Job openings and low unemployment could prevent severe recession

“We're bouncing along record low unemployment. Those two things could be what saves us could save us during this recession.”

Jason Calacanis May 13, 2022 ▶ 1:09:16 E80: Recession deep dive: VC psychology, macro risks, Tiger Global, predictions and more

May 17, 2024 bullish

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Calacanis: Unemployment rate will stay very low despite AI adoption

“We're going to have more people be able to create more products and solve more problems. The unemployment rate's going to stay very low. We're just going to have more companies.”

Jason Calacanis May 17, 2024 ▶ 1:21:18 GPT-4o launches, Glue demo, Ohalo breakthrough, Druck's Argentina bet, did Google kill Perplexity?

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