Reply #68: US online help-wanted ads fell in September-survey [View All]

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NEW YORK, Oct 18 (Reuters) - New online help-wanted postings on major U.S.-based Internet job boards fell in September, a private research group said on Tuesday.

The Conference Board said its measure of online help-wanted ad volume slipped to 2.04 million last month from 2.13 million in August.

"The September data indicate a general weakening in the job picture nationwide -- a trend we were seeing before the recent hurricanes," Ken Goldstein, labor economist at The Conference Board said in a statement.

September's data include the number of first-time online job advertisements posted each day and reflect the initial impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita which hit the U.S. Gulf Coast on Aug. 29 and Sept. 24, respectively, the board said.

The largest decline in online job postings was in the South Atlantic region, which includes East Coast states from Florida north to Delaware, followed by the West South Central Region, which includes Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

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