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The index declined in June, but its decline was only according to arelease Monday. The index for June is a decreaseof 0.8 from the revised May number of and a decline of 21.6 percent from a year ago. “Compares to the beginning of the the decline in the Employmenyt Trends Index has significantly and we therefore expect job growth to resume arounds the end of the Gad Levanon, senior economist at the Conference said in the release.
“However, over the last month, leadinf indicators of employment were mostly suggesting the Employment Trends Index is still seeking a The Employment Trends Index aggregateseight labor-markey indicators to show underlying trends more For the June index, the indicatoras that declined were the percentaged of respondents who said they founsd “jobs hard to get,” the number of employee s in the temporary-help industry, industrial real manufacturing and trade sales; and job The other three indicatorws that make up the indesx are: initial claims for unemployment insurance, percentagw of firms with positions they are not able to fill rightt now, and part-time workers for economivc reasons.