Here is a list of research reports released last week by Staffing Industry Analysts.

BRIEFING - Finance and accounting staffing growth still weak
Finance and accounting staffing growth rates are no where near what they were during the boom days of Sarbanes-Oxley implementation. The median growth of five publicly traded companies reporting finance and accounting is currently running in the low to mid single-digits. For more, click here.

BRIEFING - Legal staffing seeing soft patch
Legal staffing growth rates continued to underperform during the third quarter of 2007. The two publicly traded companies reporting legal staffing numbers posted flat to low single-digit growth rates for the quarter. For more, click here.

BRIEFING - Economists lower near-term economic growth forecast
Economists cut their estimates for economic growth in the fourth-quarter and the first half of next year in the latest Survey of Professional Forecasters released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. It's the third consecutive such survey to downgrade forecasted economic prospects. For more, click here.