July 2, 2003

Confidence among Mass. firms leaps
Posted by deisenhart@bostonworks.com">Douglas Eisenhart at 11:28 AM -

Impact on hiring?

Confidence among Massachusetts businesses surged in June, with firms expecting economic conditions to improve by year's end, according to Associated Industries of Massachusetts. AIM's business confidence index posted its biggest monthly gain, 4.2 points, since January 1999, jumping to 48.2 from 44 in May.

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