The national level of customer satisfaction dropped 0.5 percent to 75.2 in the final quarter of 2014, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). This is the fourth consecutive quarterly decline in customer satisfaction for the country as a whole, forecasting weak economic growth for 2015.
Moderate Growth in the Months Ahead
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Mexico declined 2.0 percent in January to 100.6 (2010 = 100), following a 3.5 percent decrease in December, and a 1.0 percent increase in November.
Index Still Remains at Pre-Recession Levels
Resulting boost to consumer incomes from lower oil prices will likely be greater than any federal tax cut ever enacted
Short-Term Outlook Looks Positive, but Downside Risks Exist
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Mexico declined 2.6 percent in December to 103.6 (2010 = 100), following a 1.0 percent increase in November, and a 0.8 percent decline in October.
The number of IT jobs grew 0.4 percent sequentially last month to 4,838,500, according to TechServe Alliance, the national trade association of the IT & Engineering Staffing and Solutions industry. On a year-over-year basis, IT employment has grown by 4.7% since January 2014 adding 216,800 IT workers.
CompTIA Releases Cyberstates 2015, Showing Employment Growth in 38 States
According to the Randstad Technologies Employee Confidence Index, IT workers' confidence declined to 57.4 in fourth quarter 2014 from 61.7, the record high, in the third quarter of 2014. Despite the decline, the Employee Confidence Index still remained above the confidence threshold of 50.0, a positive indicator that confidence levels remained high overall. The study, conducted online by Harris Poll on behalf of Randstad Technologies, measured overall confidence levels expressed by 190 U.S. IT workers ages 18 and older. The results are indicative of survey information collected during October, November and December of 2014.
Gains Extend into the New Year
Conference Board of Canada downgrades growth forecast
Canada's economy is expected to grow by just 1.9 per cent in 2015 as the collapse in oil prices takes its toll on business investment and corporate profits, according to The Conference Board of Canada's Canadian Outlook-Winter 2015.
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