日批在线视频_内射毛片内射国产夫妻_亚洲三级小视频_在线观看亚洲大片短视频_女性向h片资源在线观看_亚洲最大网

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
World
Home / World / Americas

Economic gains boost US confidence to 5-year high

Agencies | Updated: 2013-05-29 07:20

Economic gains boost US confidence to 5-year high

Job seekers line up to submit their resumes during an employment fair in La Roca Village, near Barcelona, May 21, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]

The Conference Board found that optimism is growing mostly among those earning more than the median household income of roughly $50,000. For those households, the confidence index jumped to 95.1 from 85.3.

Among most other income groups, confidence either rose more slowly or fell. For those earning $15,000 to $24,999, for example, the confidence index rose modestly, from 52.6 to 55.9. And for those earning $25,000 to $34,999, it slipped from 59.8 to 57.9.

Economists say the disparity points to the gain in stock prices, which mostly benefits more affluent Americans.

Consumers' outlook on the job market also improved last month. The percentage who said jobs are plentiful rose, and the percentage who said they're hard to find declined. Economists say the shift suggests that the pace of hiring could pick up.

The economy has added an average of 208,000 jobs a month since November. That's well above the monthly average of 138,000 during the previous six months. The job growth has helped reduce the unemployment rate to a four-year low of 7.5 percent.

Some of the decline in unemployment is due to fewer people looking for work. The government counts people as unemployed only if they're actively searching for a job.

The economy grew at an annual rate of 2.5 percent in the January-March quarter, up from a rate of just 0.4 percent in the October-December quarter. The fastest expansion in consumer spending in more than two years drove the economy's growth.

Many economists think growth is slowing slightly in the April-June quarter to an annual rate between 2 percent and 2.5 percent. But lots of analysts say growth should strengthen in the second half of the year, boosted by the gains in housing and employment.

A key reason the Case-Shiller index of home prices jumped in March was that a growing number of buyers were bidding on a tight supply of homes.

In Phoenix, prices rose by 22.5 percent over the past 12 months, the biggest gain among cities. That was followed by San Francisco (22.2 percent) and Las Vegas (20.6 percent).

Related stories:

Dow, S&P refresh all-time highs

US Fed to maintain stimulative monetary policy

No major growth spurts for US economy in 2013

Obama shifts focus to jobs

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产亚洲三级 | 超碰亚洲| 成年人免费网站在线观看 | 九色视频在线播放 | 国产免费美女视频 | 国产第二页 | 免费特黄视频 | 国产手机在线视频 | 日本欧美在线视频 | 国产精品第72页 | 98超碰在线| 午夜啊啊啊 | 欧美一区二区日韩 | 日本黄色三级网站 | 亚洲一区二区在线视频 | 久草一区二区 | 色综合天天操 | 亚洲伦理精品 | 天堂va | 久久黄色网 | 一区二区三区在线免费观看视频 | 高清一区二区三区 | 另类ts人妖一区二区三区 | 色视频在线观看 | 免费爱爱视频 | 男女瑟瑟视频 | 国产传媒在线观看 | 四虎影视成人 | 国产成人久久 | 97免费在线 | 一区二区三区在线免费观看 | 国产成人精品综合久久久久99 | 久草视频免费在线观看 | 青青草原国产在线观看 | 亚洲乱码精品 | 欧美成人亚洲 | 一区中文 | 国产伦精品一区二区三区在线 | 国产一区二区三区四区五区六区 | 天天曰夜夜操 | 狠狠爱夜夜 |