Hudson Index: Industry Sector Summary
Worker confidence, as measured by the monthly Hudson Employment Index (SM), decreased in four out of seven industry sectors in January 2008. Confidence among African Americans suffered the biggest drop, plummeting 19.6 points to 67.5, the lowest of all the January readings. Legal workers also saw a drop in confidence, falling over ten points to 93.5. Confidence waned among information technology workers as well, its reading falling 8.8 points to become 91.0.
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