The number of help-wanted ads in US newspapers declined in March, a private research group said on Thursday. The Conference Board said its gauge measuring help-wanted ad volume in the United States slid to 30 in March from 31 in February. It stood at 37 a year ago.
Help-wanted ads declined in eight of nine US regions in the last three months, with the largest falls in the East South Central, South Atlantic and East North Central regions, the Conference Board said. Ads in the East South Central region fell 22.6 percent.