BNA Announces 2012 Release Schedule for Wage Trend Indicator™

ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BNA, a leading publisher of specialized news and information for professionals, today announced the 2012 release schedule for its Wage Trend Indicator™ report.

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The Wage Trend Indicator™ is released in 12 monthly reports per year showing the preliminary, revised, and final readings for each quarter. A leading indicator of compensation trends, the index is predictive of changes in the rate of private sector wage growth six to nine months in advance of official government data. It was designed for BNA by economists Joel Popkin and Kathryn Kobe.

Wage Trend Indicator™ reports are published in BNA's Daily Labor Report and Daily Report for Executives, as well as other BNA publications. The report is available separately by e-mail subscription. A summary is available at www.bna.com.

BNA announces the following release dates for the Wage Trend Indicator™ for 2012:

BNA's Wage Trend Indicator™ is designed to serve as a yardstick for employers, analysts, and policymakers to identify turning points in private sector wage patterns. It also provides timely information for business and human resource analysts and executives as they plan for year-to-year changes in compensation costs.

More information on the WTI is available at www.wagetrendindicator.com. To obtain Wage Trend Indicator™ reports by e-mail on a regular basis, contact Jerry Walsh, BNA PLUS, 800-372-1033 or [email protected].

BNA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bloomberg L.P., is a leading source of legal, regulatory, and business information for professionals. BNA analysts produce more than 350 news and information products, including the highly respected Daily Labor Report, U.S. Law Week, and Daily Report for Executives.

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