Ohio worker confidence improved in August, as the state’s Hudson Employment Index SM jumped 6.1 points to 98.7. An increase in anticipated hiring activity coupled with a drop in expected lay-offs led to the jump in confidence statewide.
The Hudson Employment Index (SM) for New York continues to hover around 90.0 for the fifth consecutive month, as local employee confidence inched up .5 points to 90.9 in August.
The Hudson Employment IndexSM for Minneapolis-St. Paul workers inched down just .9 points to 92.1 in August.
Confidence in the employment market among manufacturing workers shot up for the second month in a row, as the sector's Hudson Employment Index (SM) spiked 9.7 points to 97.4.
legal sector improved. The sector’s Hudson Employment IndexSM rose 1.2 points to 114.2 in August.
Worker confidence among IT professionals fell substantially in August, as the sector’s Hudson Employment Index (SM) dropped 9.4 points to 103.1 in August.
Hudson Employment Index (SM) for Washington, D.C. continued to rise in August, as local worker confidence gained 8.3 points to hit an all-time high of 122.1.
Los Angeles' Hudson Employment Index (SM) rebounded 3.5 points to 102.2 in August .
The Hudson Employment Index (SM) for Chicago fell 2.4 points to 93.9 in August. The decline brings the local reading nearly 10 points lower than June, when the city’s Index hit a record high of 103.3.
Worker confidence among accounting and finance professionals rose in August as the group's Hudson Employment Index (SM) increased 5.9 points to 112.5.
After both reported declines in July, confidence among Hispanic and African-American workers improved in August.
Worker confidence improved in Florida, as the state’s Hudson Employment Index ( SM) increased 4.4 points to 122.3.
The Hudson Employment Index (SM) for Dallas rebounded this month, as worker confidence climbed 7.1 points to 110.3 in August.
California improved in August, as the state’s Hudson Employment Index SM rose 2.1 points to 110.8.
Hudson Employment IndexSM for Boston continued to fall in August as confidence dropped nearly four points to 93.9, marking the fourth consecutive decline.
Hudson Employment Index (SM) for Atlanta jumped 5.5 points to 121.1 in August.
Forty-one percent (41%) of American adults have a favorable opinion of eBay while 16% have an unfavorable view.
Discover Business Card released the results of the inaugural Discover® Small Business Watch (SM) today, a new monthly Index of economic confidence of the nation’s 22 million small businesses with five or fewer employees.
Nearly 67% of owners of businesses with five or fewer employees are quite happy to have their companies remain small and 61% don’t expect to work for anyone else before they retire.
The Hudson Employment Index (SM) held steady at 101.9 in July, marking the third consecutive month that the measure of worker confidence has remained essentially unchanged.
