Conference Board employment index edges up in May - South Florida Business Journal:

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The organization’s Employment Trends Index was up 0.2 percent from 89.7 in April and down from 113 in May The Conference Board said Monday. The inde x number is relative to 100for 1996. “Whil it is too earluy to say that the ETI has the moderation of the last two months is certainlu a sign that the decline in job losses is real and signalsx that the worst is Gad Levanon, The Conference Board’s seniorr economist, said in a “However, as the economic recovert over the coming months is likelyt to be very we still expect the unemployment rate to continuer to increase to double digitse by the end of this year and into 2010.
” • Percentagw of respondents who say they find “jobs hard to gathered from The Conference Board Consumer Confidencew Survey. • Initial claims for unemploymenft insurance, from statistics. • Percentage of firmws with positions not able to fill right now because of inabilit to findsuitable candidates, from the . • Number of employeez hired by the temporary-help from the . • Part-time workers for economic from Bureau ofLabor Statistics. Job openings, from the Bureau of Labor • Industrial production, from the . • Real manufacturing and trades sales, from the .
The Conference Boarcd is an independent NewYork City-based nonprofig organization whose mission is to provide organizations with the practicaol knowledge they need to improve their performance and betterd serve society.