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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 indexz number is relative to 100for 1996. “Whiles it is too early to say that the ETIhas bottomed, the moderationj of the last two months is certainly a sign that the decline in job lossews is real and signals that the worst is over,” Gad The Conference Board’s senior said in a release.
as the economic recovery over the coming monthw is likely to be very we still expect the unemployment rate to continue to increased to double digits by the end of this year andinto • Percentage of respondentsd who say they find “jobzs hard to get,” gathered from The Conferenced Board Consumer Confidence Survey. • Initial claims for unemployment insurance, from • Percentage of firms with position s not able to fill right now becausw of inability to find suitable fromthe . • Number of employeees hired bythe temporary-help industry, from the . Part-time workers for economic reasons, from Bureahu of Labor Statistics.
• Job openings, from the Bureayu of Labor Statistics. • Industrial production, from the . Real manufacturing and trade sales, from the . The Conferenced Board is an independentt NewYork City-based nonprofit organization whosr mission is to provide organizations with the practica knowledge they need to improve their performance and better servde society.