Employment index ticks up despite rising unemployment

摘要

The conference board's Employment Trends Index saw a small uptick in its most recent reading after diving 20% in the past year. The index, which aggregates eight labor-market indicators, ticked up 0.2% in May to 89.9 from the revised April figure of 89. According to the Conference Board, the improving indicators were: 1. Percentage of firms with positions not able to fill right now 2. Percentage of respondents who say they find jobs hard to get 3. Real manufacturing and trade sales 4. Job openings.