Economic Snapshot: Unemployment drops to 5.6 percent, small business optimism highest since 2006

Published January 15, 2015 | By

By Brianna Liestman With unemployment continuing to fall to record-breaking numbers and small business optimism at an eight-year high, it’s hard not to feel optimistic about 2015. Employment situation Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 252,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate dropped to 5.6 percent. In total, the United States added …read more