{"id":58147,"date":"2019-04-08T04:54:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T18:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=58147"},"modified":"2019-04-08T04:54:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T18:54:05","slug":"employment-index-contracts-in-mar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/employment-index-contracts-in-mar\/","title":{"rendered":"Employment index contracts in Mar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI: Saudi Arabia\u2019s non-oil private sector marginally grew in March but its employment index fell below the neutral 50-level for the first time in five years, a monthly survey of companies reported on Sunday. The seasonally-adjusted Purchasing Managers\u2019 Index rose to 56.8 in March from 56.6 in February, versus a small decline in the employment sub-index to 49.8, Emirates NBD said in the report. A reading above 50 indicates expansion and below that contraction. 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