Accounting & Finance Workers Continue to Lose Hope
Confidence among accounting and finance workers fell for the fifth consecutive month in December, as the group’s Hudson Employment Index (SM) slipped 2.5 points to 90.5.
Confidence among accounting and finance workers fell for the fifth consecutive month in December, as the group’s Hudson Employment Index (SM) slipped 2.5 points to 90.5.
Following November’s dramatic drop, worker confidence in Chicago fell once again in December.
Ohio worker confidence slipped for the fourth consecutive month in December, as the state’s Hudson Employment Index (SM) dropped 1.4 points to 91.6.
IT worker confidence waned for the third consecutive month in December, as the group’s Hudson Employment Index (SM) fell 6.1 points to 97.4.
Worker confidence continued sinking in December, as the Hudson Employment Index (SM) for Philadelphia dropped 5.7 points to 76.4.
Worker confidence in Florida weakened again in December, as the state’s Hudson Employment Index(SM) fell 5.8 points to 90.7.
Pennsylvania’s Hudson Employment Index (SM) fell for the second consecutive month, dropping 5.8 points to 88.7.
After hitting a record low in November, the state’s Hudson Employment Index (SM) rebounded 5.2 points to 114.3 in December.
Worker confidence improved among both African-American and Hispanic workers in December.
Confidence among manufacturing workers declined for the second consecutive month in December, as the sector’s Hudson Employment Index (SM) dropped 5.7 points to 77.3.
The Hudson Employment Index (SM) for Atlanta fell again in December, dropping 6.9 points to 93.5.
After a slight rebound in November, the Hudson Employment Index (SM) for Minneapolis - St. Paul inched down 1.8 points to 88.2 in December.
The Hudson Employment Index (SM) for New York City slipped 7.5 points to 84.3 in December for the third consecutive month.
Workers in the legal sector were less optimistic in December, as the group’s Hudson Employment Index (SM) edged down 1.7 points to 101.9.
After posting a significant increase in November, the Hudson Employment IndexSM for Tampa – St. Petersburg fell 11 points to 78.8, the lowest number on record for this market.
Worker confidence continued sliding in Washington, D.C., in December, as the city’s the Hudson Employment Index (SM) dropped 6.9 points to 93.7. Less expected hiring and growing financial concerns persisted in the nation’s capital.
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Economic confidence among small business owners is off slightly for December, down a half-point from the previous month, as small business owners expressed less confidence that economic conditions are getting better, either in the general economy or with their own businesses.
The Hudson Employment IndexSM fell 4.6 points in December to 87.3, as workers’ confidence in the U.S. labor market continued to decline.
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