A worker pushing a cart through the shipping warehouse at the McIlhenny Co. factory in Avery Island, La., in February. Photo: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg NewsThe Conference Board Employment Trends Index rose in February as most of the indicators the index factors in made positive contributions. The February index was 107.74 compared with January’s downward-revised reading of 106.50. Gad Levanon, North America chief economist at the Conference Board, said in prepared remarks that “the stable unemployment rate in recent months is a statistical illusion.”

Source: Wall Street Journal March 12, 2018 14:35 UTC