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Article: The New York Times Job Market Confidence Index Declines in January; Slight Rise in Expectations Measure of Index.
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- January 31, 2003
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2003
The New York Times Job Market Confidence Index declined 4.9 points to 93.5 in January from 98.4 in December.
The Confidence Index measures the perceptions of employers and job seekers in the greater New York metropolitan area.
January's Current Conditions measure of the Index, which looks at respondents' perceptions of the current state of the job market, dropped to 93.3 in January from 113.4. The Expectations measure of the Index, which considers respondents' expectations concerning the future of the job market in six months, rose slightly to 95.4 in January from 94.0 in ...