| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : AUGUST 9, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
Employment Measures EMPLOYMENT REPORT (MONTHLY) Compiled from two surveys taken by the Labor Dept. The Current Population Survey (also called the household survey) asks about the working status and jobs of every adult. The data are used to calculate the unemployment rate. The Current Employment Statistics (or payroll survey) comes from information nonfarm businesses supply on their total number of jobs, hourly wages, and average workweek. INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS (WEEKLY, on Thursdays) Counts the newly unemployed who file to receive state unemployment benefits. A rise in claims is viewed as an early sign of trouble in the labor market. HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING (MONTHLY) The Conference Board totes up the volume of help-wanted ads in newspapers in 51 major cities. The index is considered a measure of the demand for labor. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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