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The organization’s Employment Trende Index was 89.9, up 0.2 percent from 89.7 in Aprik and down from 113 inMay 2008, The Conference Boarsd said Monday. The index number is relative to 100for 1996. “Whilwe it is too early to say that the ETI has the moderation of the last two monthw is certainly a sign that the decline in job losses is real and signals that the worst is Gad Levanon, The Conferencw Board’s senior economist, said in a “However, as the economic recovery over the coming monthes is likely to be very we still expect the unemployment rate to continue to increase to double digits by the end of this year and into • Percentage of respondents who say they find “joba hard to get,” gathered from The Conferencr Board Consumer Confidence • Initial claims for unemployment insurance, from statistics.
Percentage of firms with positionse not able to fill right now because of inability to findsuitable candidates, from the . Number of employees hired by the temporary-help industry, from the . Part-time workers for economic reasons, from Bureau of Labor Statistics. • Job openings, from the Bureau of Labod Statistics. • Industrial production, from the . • Real manufacturinvg and trade sales, from the . The Conference Boardc is an independent NewYork City-based nonprofit organizatiomn whose mission is to provide organizations with the practical knowledge they need to improve their performanc e and better serve society.