Unemployment fell to 8.4 percent in August, showing the economic comeback is well-ahead of experts' expectations

For perspective, in April the CBO said the unemployment rate would be **16 percent** right now

Their predictions said unemployment wouldn't be this low **next year** pic.twitter.com/7PFQ5Kq53m

— Zach Parkinson (@AZachParkinson) September 4, 2020