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Ex. ECO-B-015 Order Primary source read

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims news release, April 2, 2020

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims (week ending March 28, 2020)

Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration · United States (Federal)

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The record

Jurisdiction
United States
Level
Federal
Authority
n/a (statistical release)
Issued
2020-04-02 Apr. 2, 2020
Effective
n/a (read as 2020-04-02)
End
n/a (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Apr. 2, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Other
Functions reached
  • WF
  • CB
Collection
Workforce, schools and child care ECO-B

Operative words

'In the week ending March 28, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 6,648,000, an increase of 3,341,000 from the previous week's revised level. This marks the highest level of seasonally adjusted initial claims in the history of the seasonally adjusted series.' 'The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 5,823,917 in the week ending March 28.' 'Nearly every state providing comments cited the COVID-19 virus.'

Enforcement

n/a

Notes

Facts and circumstances; the release attributes the claims to closures across accommodation and food services, health care, manufacturing, retail, wholesale and construction.

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