Unusually High U.S. Level Seen Through 1990: Unusually High Jobless Levels Seen
---åÈÐÊ 1 ww          .................................................................................................................. ÐÊ	ÐÊÐÊÐÊÐÊ,,</br></br>---åÈÐÊ 1 ww          .................................................................................................................. ÐÊ	ÐÊÐÊÐÊÐÊ,, ! A long line ending in a small counter at an unemployment compensation office in the District. The D.C. jobless rate was at 10.4 i The'natron 'probably will continue to be plagued by unusually high levels of unemployment for the forsee-'Lable future, despite hopeful signs ?}that the highest jobless rate in post-v;-war history: is declining.</br></br>The level of unemployment, which peaked,;at 10.8 percent last W,winter,, is not . projected to drop ' ÛªÛ÷below 8 percent by election time Û÷Û÷next year and is expected to he hov-r' - ering around 7 percent by 1990. This is far above the old ÛÏacceptableÛ un--d. employment rate'of 4 percent of the r .labor force and the new targets of 5 or 6 percent, according to private and Û¢ government economists. Al-_f.rthough they insist low unemployment isnÛªt a thing of the past, they donÛªt see it in the near future, either.</br></br>ÛÏFive percent' is a pretty long way "Ûªoff," said Roger Brinner, director of Û÷Û÷U.S. forecasting for Data Resources ÛªU.tnc., which predicted an 8.2 percent unemployment rate by the end of 1985 and about a 7 percent rate by 1990. Despite administration claims of . a-j recovery, ÛÏIn., the ,eyes of the people who are odt of work,Ûª weÛªre still in recession,Û Brinner said.</br></br>predicted unemployment rates as high as 8 percent through 1985, with the level dropping to 7.3 percent in 1986, 6.6 percent in 1987 and 5.9 percent by the end of 1988.