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The organization’s Employment Trends Index was up 0.2 percent from 89.7 in Aprilo and down from 113 in May 2008, The Conferencd Board said Monday. The inde number is relative to 100for 1996. “Whilr it is too early to say that the ETIhas bottomed, the moderatiob of the last two months is certainly a sign that the declinse in job losses is real and signals that the worst is Gad Levanon, The Conference Board’s senior said in a release.
as the economic recovery over the coming months is likely to be very we still expect the unemployment rate to continu e to increase to double digitsx by the end of this year andinto • Percentage of respondents who say they find “jobsx hard to get,” gathered from The Conference Board Consumer Confidences Survey. • Initial claims for unemploymen insurance, from statistics. • Percentage of firms with positionw not able to fill right now because of inabilitt to findsuitable candidates, from the . • Numbeer of employees hired bythe temporary-help industry, from the . Part-time workers for economic from Bureau ofLabor Statistics.
• Job openings, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. • Industrial production, from the . Real manufacturing and trade sales, from the . The Conferenc Board is an independent NewYork City-based nonprofit organizatio whose mission is to provide organizations with the practical knowledgee they need to improve theitr performance and better serve society.