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 U.S. workers more optimistic on economy, but still cautious on spending

April 8, 2013 

U.S. workers more optimistic on economy, but still cautious on spending

More American workers feel secure about the country's overall economic outlook, according to new research from the Principal Financial Well-Being Index: American Workers. More than a third of workers (35 percent) describe their economic outlook as optimistic, up from just 21 percent in the third quarter of 2012, the last time workers were asked their…

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April 4, 2013 

Initial Claims for Unemployment Rise

The U.S. Labor Department released the latest weekly jobs numbers today, which showed that, for the week ending March 30, initial claims for unemploymnet rose to 385,000, which is an increase of 28,000 new claimants compared to last week.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

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