EPI's labor market mavens Mishel/Bernstein/Boushey look pretty good now, with their prediction of 6.5 UE by the end of the year. We could be in for a double-dip.
See: http://www.epinet.org/webfeatures/econindicators/jobspict.html http://www.epinet.org/Issuebriefs/ib176.html http://www.epinet.org/briefingpapers/bp121.html Max Sawicky EPI