Thursday, 28 June 2007

UPDATE 1-US May newspaper help-wanted ads fall to 1958 low

(Reuters) - The Conference Board said its gauge measuring help-wanted
ad volume in the United States slipped to 27 in May from 29 in
April. It was 33 a year earlier. The median view in a Reuters
poll of 17 economists was for an unchanged reading of 29.




"The labor market is slow and might even slow a little
further this summer," said Ken Goldstein, labor economist at
the Conference Board, in a statement.


Read more at Reuters.com Economic News

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