Story Highlights Job Creation Index unchanged for sixth month Job Creation Index holding at seven-year high point Higher percentage say workplace is hiring than staying the same WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gallup's U.S. Job Creation Index averaged +32 in October, the sixth month in a row in which the index has held at this level. This is the highest index score since Gallup began measuring employees' perceptions of job creation at their workplaces in 2008. When Gallup began measuring job creation in January 2008, the index measured a healthy +26. But it quickly fell, including substantial drops in the fourth quarter of 2008 after the start of the financial crisis. The index hit a nadir of -5...
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