Estimated Impact of "American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan"
By way of Paul Krugman, here is the estimated impact on employment provided by C. Romer and J. Bernstein.
The estimated impact on unemployment is shown below, in a figure from the document. More HERE
Update 10:10am Pacific Sunday, 1/11/09 For purposes of comparison, here is CBO's projection of unemployment (standard measure), by calender year.