Rasmussen Employment Index Continues Steady Rise
The Rasmussen Employment Index posts its largest single-month gain in over a year and reaches its highest level since September 2008 for the third straight month.
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November 30, 2010
November 2, 2010
Rasmussen Employment Index Moves to Another Recent High
For the second straight month, the Rasmussen Employment Index moves to its highest level since September 2008.
October 5, 2010
Rasmussen Employment Index Moves to Two-Year High
The Rasmussen Employment Index jumped six points in September to reach a two-year high of 75.3.
August 31, 2010
Rasmussen Employment Index Shows Little Change in August
The Rasmussen Employment Index inched up just over half a point this month from its six-month low in July.
June 29, 2010
Rasmussen Employment Index Dips Slightly in June
The Rasmussen Employment Index slipped a point in June after reaching a multi-year high the month before.
June 1, 2010
Rasmussen Employment Index Reaches Recent High
The Rasmussen Employment Index rose just over a point in May to reach its highest level since September 2008. At 74.8, the monthly measure of worker confidence is up eight points from a year ago but still down 13 points from September 2008.
February 2, 2010
Rasmussen Employment Index Records Gains for Second Straight Month
The Rasmussen Employment Index rose for the second straight month in January. At 66.3, the monthly measure of workplace confidence is up two points from the month before and up five points from a year ago.
January 7, 2010
Rasmussen Employment Index Up Slightly
The Rasmussen Employment Index rose more than two points in December after falling four points the month before.
December 1, 2009
Rasmussen Employment Index Down As Hiring Expectations Decline
After three months of gains, the Rasmussen Employment Index dropped more than four points in November to its lowest level since July.
September 29, 2009
26% Say Their Firms Laying People Off, Lowest Since November
Twenty-six percent (26%) of American workers now say their employers are laying people off. That’s down from 28% a month ago and 30% two months ago. It’s the lowest number reporting layoffs since last November.
June 4, 2009
Rasmussen Employment Index Makes Modest Gain in May
The Rasmussen Employment Index, a monthly measure of U.S. worker confidence in the employment market, rose for the third straight month in May.
March 3, 2009
30% of Workers Say Their Employers Are Laying People Off
The Rasmussen Employment Index, a monthly measure of U.S. worker confidence in the employment market, fell for the fifth straight month in February.
February 3, 2009
Employment Index Falls to Record Low for Fourth Straight Month
The Rasmussen Employment Index, a monthly measure of U.S. worker confidence in the employment market, fell six more points in January to 61.1. That’s the fourth straight month that the Index has fallen to a record low. Since September, workplace confidence has fallen 27 points.
January 6, 2009
Rasmussen Employment Index Signals More Weakness in Labor Market
The Rasmussen Employment Index, a monthly measure of U.S. worker confidence in the employment market, fell to a record low for the third month in a row.
December 2, 2008
One-Fourth of All Workers Worried About Losing Job
As the nation’s economic woes mount, one-fourth of all American workers (24%) are worried about losing their job in the near future. That figure includes 37% of manufacturing workers and 31% of IT workers.
November 6, 2008
Rasmussen Employment Index Falls to Another Record Low
The Rasmussen Employment Index, a monthly measure of U.S. worker confidence in the employment market, fell sixteen points in October to 72.1. That’s the biggest single month drop and the lowest level of confidence ever recorded in the five-year history of the Index.
October 1, 2008
23% Say Their Firms Are Hiring, Up Two Points from Previous Month
The Rasmussen Employment Index, a monthly measure of U.S. worker confidence in the employment market, gained six points in September to 88.1.
September 2, 2008
Rasmussen Employment Index Up Three Points Fueled by Improved Personal Finances
The Rasmussen Employment Index, a monthly measure of U.S. worker confidence in the employment market, gained three points in August to 82.2.
July 29, 2008
Rasmussen Employment Index Suggests Labor Market a Little Less Bleak in July
Workers’ confidence in the labor markets stabilized in July after falling to a record low in June. The Rasmussen Employment Index moved up a point to 79.5 in July from 78.6 the month before.
July 1, 2008
Rasmussen Employment Index Shows Worker Confidence Down Again to Another Record Low
Workers’ confidence in the labor markets tumbled sharply in June according to the latest update of the Rasmussen Employment Index. For the first time in the five-year history of the Index, the number of employees whose employer is laying people off exceeds the number whose firms are hiring.
