HELP-WANTED INDEX - HWI
The U.S. job market index, published monthly by the Conference Board that monitors the number of help wanted advertisements in major newspapers across the country. The help wanted index, is an indicator of strength or weakness in the national labor markets, by providing information on how many positions need to be filled.
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05:00 | Credit Card Spending | Mar | |
14:30 | Industrial Product Price Index | Mar | |
14:30 | New Housing Price Index | Mar | |
14:30 | Raw Materials Price Index | Mar | |
16:00 | Consumer Confidence | Apr | |
02:30 | PMI Manufacturing | Apr | |
02:30 | Tertiary Industry Index | Apr | |
02:30 | PMI Composite | Apr | |
08:00 | Public Sector Net Borrowing | Mar |