- The current real unemployment rate is 20.8%, the highest since the Great Depression.
- Many states' unemployment funds aren't robust enough to meet growing demand.
- Typically states can apply for help from the Federal Unemployment Account, but even that could run out, experts warn.
- "No system is designed for [this] level of unemployment," former North Carolina budget director Lee Roberts told Business Insider.
- Roberts said it was "highly likely" states would begin limiting the duration and dollar amount of payouts to prevent the coffers from running dry.
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