div class=ts-pagebutton class=gotoPage data-page=1Page 1button div class=ts-imagea href=https:reader043vdocumentinreader043viewer202203271655b2b730bb61ebdf168b46c3html5page1jpg target=_blank img data-url=paychex-ihs-small-business-jobs-index-may-2015htmlpage=1 data-page=1 class=ts-thumb lazyload alt=Page 1: Paychex IHS Small Business Jobs Index May 2015 loading=lazy src=data:imagegifbase64iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAIAAAACCAQAAADYv8WvAAAAD0lEQVR42mP8X8AwAgiABKBAv+vAXklAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC data-src=https:reader043vdocumentinreader043viewer202203271655b2b730bb61ebdf168b46c3html5thumbnails1jpg width=140 height=200 adivpModerating from last month the drop in the national index brought the three-month growth rate to -018 percent Mays decline matched the decrease seen in December 2014 which represented the lowest one-month growth rate since June 2013pdiv