Profit Margin Net Rising Index
The Graph of the Week is the Net Rising Index ofEmployment from the April 2008 NABE Industry Survey. From the survey:
Weakening market conditions and soaring commodity prices are squeezing profit margins. For the first time since the spring of 2003, reports of falling profit margins (28% of respondents) outnumbered reports of rising margins (18%).
NABE members can read the full report here. A summary is available to the public.