April's Rate of 14.7% Touches All Parts of Economy.

The article reports on an increase in U.S. unemployment rate by 14.7 percent in April 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Topics mentioned include the estimated number of people who reported working part-time, thoughts from economist Martha Gimbel about the broad nature of the job cuts, and the uncertainty about the path of the pandemic and about consumers' response to it.