Compared to this date in 2003, how would you rate your financial/economic/employment status?
| Much Improved: |    | 24 (33.8%) |
| Slightly-Somewhat Improved: | | 20 (28.2%) |
| No Significant Change: | | 11 (15.5%) |
| Slightly-Somewhat Worse: | | 8 (11.3%) |
| Much Worse: | | 8 (11.3%) |
| Total: | 71 |
The Trib wrote:
Employers boosted payrolls by a sizable 211,000 in March in a springtime hiring burst that pushed the unemployment rate down to 4.7 percent.
[...]
President Bush, coping with low job-approval ratings, was quick to seize on the new employment report.
"These millions of new jobs are evidence of an economic resurgence that is strong, broad and benefiting all Americans," he declared.
[...]
On Wall Street, though, stocks fell. The Dow Jones industrials lost 49 points and the Nasdaq was off 11 points in morning trading.
And, good news on the economy hasn't been helping Bush in the eyes of the public. Bush's job-approval rating of 36 percent is at its lowest level in an AP-Ipsos poll. When it comes to his handling of the economy, 59 percent said they disapproved.
[...]
President Bush, coping with low job-approval ratings, was quick to seize on the new employment report.
"These millions of new jobs are evidence of an economic resurgence that is strong, broad and benefiting all Americans," he declared.
[...]
On Wall Street, though, stocks fell. The Dow Jones industrials lost 49 points and the Nasdaq was off 11 points in morning trading.
And, good news on the economy hasn't been helping Bush in the eyes of the public. Bush's job-approval rating of 36 percent is at its lowest level in an AP-Ipsos poll. When it comes to his handling of the economy, 59 percent said they disapproved.
