US Business Services "Weekly Datapoints and Week Ahead" Chan

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US Business Services "Weekly Datapoints and Week Ahead" Chan

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US Business Services Equities

AmericasWeekly Datapoints and Week Ahead

Industrial Services

Joshua Chan, CFA

ASA Index Improves Analyst

The ASA Staffing Index, which tracks changes in temporary and contract employment, joshua.chan@ubs.com

for the week ending 5/24 was +5.1% yoy, up from +4.8% in the prior week. Despite the +1-212-713 9957

improvement, the rolling 4-week average was unchanged at +4.6% versus the previous Karandeep Singhania

week. Associate Analyst

karandeep.singhania@ubs.com

SIA Index Strength Holds, Light Industrial Remains Strong +1-212-713 4211

The SIA Bullhorn Staffing Indicator, which tracks temporary staffing hours worked based Brianna Kamdoum

on the Bullhorn software, was +4% yoy for the week ending 5/23, similar to the prior Associate Analyst

week. Commercial staffing was +7% yoy, up from +6% in the previous week, including brianna.kamdoum@ubs.com

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strength in Light Industrial staffing (+10%) while Office/Clerical remains weak (-8%).

Professional staffing and IT staffing were each +2% yoy, both similar to the prior week.

On a rolling 4-week basis, the headline index was +4% yoy, stable from the previous

week.

UBS Evidence Lab US Active Job Listings Declines

According to the UBS Evidence Lab US Job Listings Monitor (> Access Dataset), which

tracks job openings across 50,000 US companies, total active job listings were -5% in

the week ending 5/30, down from -2% in the prior week. The rolling 4-week average

decline was -2% yoy, down from -1% in the previous week.

U.K. Daycare Chain Plans to Enter U.S. Market

N Family Club, which NurseryWorld estimates is the eleventh largest daycare chain the