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Unemployment hit 5.70% in December 2001, marking a 2.8 standard deviation spike above the 60-month average of 4.47%. This represents a sharp 43% increase from the sub-4% rates seen throughout 2000. The timing coincides with multiple economic stress signals: 10-year Treasury yields jumped 10.6% over 3 months while GDP growth slowed to just 1.4%. This unemployment surge followed the dot-com crash and September 11th attacks. What's notable is how quickly labor markets deteriorated - from 3.90% in late 2000 to 5.70% in just over a year. Does this pattern of rapid unemployment acceleration typically precede deeper recessions?