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• Position: News & trends - Trend of unemployment; peaking of the US dollar; and chief financial officers on counteroffering to keep employers - Brief article

No. 1

Where "finding or retaining quality staff" ranked among the top five concerns for all but the smallest CPA firms (solo practitioners).

--AICPA

6.3

Percent that the state's unemployment rate fell to in April.

--EDD

47.5

Percent of respondents who do not believe the U.S. dollar has peaked yet.

--Deloitte

30%

Number of business leaders in the U.S. who say a desire to keep up with competition is a factor behind international expansion decisions.

--Grant Thornton

78

Percent of CFOs who said they don't extend counteroffers to keep employees from leaving.

--Robert Half

5.4M

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