Consumers Anxious About Lack of Hiring
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U.S. consumer confidence sank in  August while Chicago-area business activity slowed, according  to reports on Tuesday that added to worries the economy's patch  of sluggish growth may last beyond the summer.
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US consumers are still worried about their jobs and income, the University of Michigan's index of consumer confidence indicates.
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NEW YORK -- Continued job worries resulted in an unexpected decline in consumer confidence in September, the second consecutive monthly dip, a New York-based private research group said yesterday.
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Consumers were feeling confident in January: The job market was chugging along and oil prices were down. Their optimism may dwindle, however, on concerns that job and wage growth may slow.
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U.S. consumer confidence fell in  November as Americans grew more pessimistic about the job  market, a survey showed on Tuesday.
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onsumers&#39; renewed worries about job prospects led to a bigger-than-expected drop in confidence in August and provided more evidence of the fragility of the economic expansion.
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A sluggish job market and rising oil prices have dampened the public&#39;s mood this month, pushing consumer confidence to its lowest point since March.
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Worries over deteriorating business conditions and a weakening job market pushed the Consumer Confidence Index lower, a business research group said.
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Consumer confidence slid in June as Americans began to worry that high gas prices and a slumping housing industry may be undermining the health of the job market.
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IT workers in the U.S. aren't happy about the state of the job market, according to a study released this week by New York-based staffing firm Hudson.
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Businesses need to screen potential employees more carefully, report says.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. unsettled the retail industry yesterday, reporting a sales decline for the first time in 10 years and warning that its holiday sales would be disappointing. The discounter's news, coupled with a jump in unemployment benefit claims, raised concerns about the strength of the retailing sector at a critical time of the year.
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After reading Bruce Mohl's article on how people are having a hard time reaching customer service reps, I have to agree in thinking that some companies are making it harder on purpose so that the consumer will give up (" Maytag guy wouldn't have left you on hold ," Feb. 21 ). I recently spent 45 minutes trying to get ...
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Confidence among US consumers falls in January as shoppers worry about the job market, new figures show.
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NEW YORK -- Worries about the job market chipped away at Americans' confidence in the economy in November, a private research group said Tuesday, boosting concerns about the important holiday shopping season.
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Consumers were feeling confident in January: the job market was chugging along and oil prices were down. But their optimism may dwindle on concerns that job and wage growth may slow.
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WASHINGTON : US consumers&#39; confidence skidded for the third straight month in October as they fretted over the outlook for jobs, a Conference Board survey showed Tuesday.