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“All six of the indicators which show changes in the economy earliest were up in August, suggesting that the improvement will continue,” Gifford said.
THE MOST notable improvement in leading indicators was a decline of 47.8 per cent in average weekly claims for unemployment insurance compensation. Gifford pointed out, however, that these claims were unusually high ii\July because of people temporarily knocked out of work by tropical storm Agnes.
Nonfarm job placements
96.4%