The New York Times Job Market Confidence Index dropped 2.3 points overall to 102.1 in November from 104.4 in October. The Confidence Index measures the perceptions of employers and job seekers in the
greater New York metropolitan area. November's Current Conditions measure of the Index, which looks at respondents' perceptions of the current state of the job market, increased to 129.8 in November
from 127.8 in October. However, the Expectations measure of the Index, which considers respondents' expectations concerning the future of the job market in the next six months, dropped to 93.4 in
November from 97.5 in October. For these results, February served as the base month, with values equal to 100.0.