The employment report is often said to be a lagging indicator, but some elements look toward the future and those signals aren’t encouraging. The length of the average workweek offers clues to when companies may begin hiring. Even if the rate of decline in jobs is moderating a bit from lows hit earlier this year, the addition of new workers seems to be a way off. Before companies hire, they generally push for new workers to work more hours first. But his month, the average workweek dropped to just 33 hours, a historic low. “The bottom line for the economy: despite signs in other…













