Jobs Posted on Internet Drop 43,500 in September

About 3,947,100 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in September, down 43,500 from August, the Conference Board reported Wednesday.

The supply-demand rate for the United States in August stood at 3.50, indicating that there are 3.5 unemployed workers for every online advertised vacancy. Nationally, there are 9.98 million more unemployed workers than advertised vacancies.

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