Here's Why This Recession Has Been Different From Any Other

Near-record stock market levels, a booming almost bubbling housing market and robust retail spending doesn’t sound like much of a recession. But this is no ordinary recession. The Covid-19 pandemic era is setting new standards for what an economic downturn looks like. Significantly, unemployment remains high, with the current 10.2% level still above anything the U.S. has seen since the Great…