Thursday, December 18, 2014

The Jobs News Keeps Getting Better

More Americans feel good about their job situation than feel bad about it, for the first time in a long time. That's the upshot of a new survey from Pew Research, which reports that 26 percent of Americans are hearing good news about jobs, while 25 percent are hearing bad news.

That might not seem like such a strong trend, but it's a long way from where this survey used to be. In June of 2009, just 1 percent of those surveyed said the jobs news they were hearing was good; 71 percent said it was bad. This is the first time since then that even 20 percent of those surveyed said the jobs news was good.

News about the overall economy, though, is still mostly negative. Only 14 percent say they are hearing mostly good news on the economy, while 21 percent say it's mostly bad news.

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