Description:

Measures the job openings found within newspapers

Released:

Last Thursday of the month, covering the previous month

Calculation:

A group known as the Conference Board surveys 51 newspapers from around the country and computes a monthly index based on ads for jobs.

Key Point:

This index tends to have little impact on the market due to the fact that the employment data comes out first and employers are turning to different means for advertising jobs (many more today are using web sites).

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