Weekly Zoom meeting covering the following topics: 1. NAR's Realtor Store has big discounts on products and courses for a limited time period, 2. May 2020 unemployment numbers and what they mean.

1. REAL ESTATE’S FOREVER BRAND
SM
NORTH POINTE
MEETING
10 June 2020

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Offering some of the most popular and timely products to members FREE
to help you in these trying times
https://store.realtor.org/

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30%
off on all
online
courses

5. May 2020 Unemployment Rate (Bureau of Labor & Statistics)
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20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Reported
5.4%
14.7%
13.3%
With Correction
4.4%
19.7%
16.3%
Down 1.4%
Down 3.4%

6. May 2020 Unemployment Rate (Bureau of Labor & Statistics)
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Explanation of ‘Miscalculation’
Some people who should have been classified as ‘temporarily
unemployed’ during the shutdown were instead misclassified as
employed but ‘absent’ for ‘other reasons.’
‘Other reasons’ are usually people taking a leave to go on
vacation, to serve on jury duty or take care of a child or relative.

7. May 2020 Unemployment Rate (Bureau of Labor & Statistics)
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Jason Furman
Deputy Director of the National Economic
Council during the Obama administration
“You can 100% discount the possibility
that Trump got to the BLS. Not 98%
discount, not 99.9% discount, but 100%
discount. BLS has 2,400 career staff of
enormous integrity and one political
appointee with no scope to change this
number.”

8. When This is Over . . .
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When this is over,
may we never again take for granted
A handshake with a stranger
Full shelves at the store
Conversation with neighbors
A crowded theater
Friday night out
The taste of communion
A routine checkup
The school rush each morning
Coffee with a friend
The stadium roaring
Each deep breath
A boring Tuesday
Life itself.
When this ends,
may we find that we have
become more like the people
We wanted to be
We were called to be
We hoped to be
And may we stay that way
– better for each other because
of the worst.
Laura Kelly Fanucci
Writer & Speaker

9. Speaker Contact Info
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Tom Blefko
Associate Broker
REALTOR®
Director of Operations
North Pointe Office
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Homesale Realty
Office: (717) 560-9100
Cell: (717) 587-6600
Email: tblefko@homesale.com