{"id":"ECO-B-013","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"B","issuer":"Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL)","authority":"n/a (statistical release; facts and circumstances)","instrument":"The Employment Situation - April 2020, USDL-20-0815","title":"The Employment Situation - April 2020","dateIssued":"2020-05-08","effective":"n/a","end":"n/a","startDate":"2020-05-08","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":[],"clause":"\u0027Total nonfarm payroll employment fell by 20.5 million in April, and the unemployment rate rose to 14.7 percent... The changes in these measures reflect the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and efforts to contain it.\u0027 \u0027In April, the unemployment rate increased by 10.3 percentage points to 14.7 percent. This is the highest rate and the largest over-the-month increase in the history of the series (seasonally adjusted data are available back to January 1948). The number of unemployed persons rose by 15.9 million to 23.1 million in April.\u0027","enforcement":"n/a","functions":["WF","CB"],"notes":"Facts and circumstances of the second quarter of 2020; cite with the release date.","sourceUrl":"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/empsit_05082020.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200518021700/https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/empsit_05082020.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":257963,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ECO-B","url":"/library/ECO-B-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ECO-B-013","citation":"Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), The Employment Situation - April 2020, USDL-20-0815 (May 8, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-013)","stateName":"","related":["ECO-B-101"]}