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Ex. SEC-19-038 Order Primary source read

The Employment Situation - April 2020 (news release of May 8, 2020)

The Employment Situation - April 2020

Bureau of Labor Statistics · United States (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States
Level
Federal
Authority
Current Employment Statistics program
Issued
2020-05-08 May 8, 2020
Effective
n/a (data release) (read as 2020-05-08)
End
n/a (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
May 8, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Other
Addressees
  • public
Functions reached
  • PL
  • RC
  • WF
  • CB (facts and circumstances)
Collection
Staffing and Support Services SEC-19

Enforcement

n/a

Notes

The same facts are verified from the BLS public data API (series CES6056130001 employment services; CES6056132001 temporary help services; CES6056140001 business support services; CES6056160001 investigation and security services; CES6056170001 services to buildings and dwellings; CES6056100001 administrative and support services), retrieved Sept. 26, 2026: employment services 3,526.2 thousand (Feb. 2020), 2,522.8 (Apr. 2020), 3,601.6 (Sept. 2021); temporary help 2,888.1, 1,950.4, 2,906.2; business support 863.2, 774.2, 813.0; investigation and security 955.8, 872.1, 918.5; services to buildings and dwellings 2,187.4, 1,924.5, 2,153.3; administrative and support total 8,798.2, 7,200.0, 8,662.9 (seasonally adjusted, thousands; current vintage).

Retrieval note

The.pdf URL recorded earlier is refused to non-browser clients. Earlier note: Grade applies to the API figures (BLS's own data service, https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/), not to the May 8, 2020 release text, which was not read. The FRED mirror of the temporary-help series is Ex. SEC-19-040.