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Gallup's monitoring of current job market conditions suggest that Americans looking for a job right now face the same bleak situation they did at this time a year ago. This tends to validate the Fed's decision to continue pouring money into the ...

U.S. Economic Confidence dipped to -16 in March, from -13 in February, as the federal budget sequestration cuts took effect. Democrats' economic confidence fell nine points, while Republicans' improved by four points.

Americans' confidence in the economy stalled out last week, with the Gallup Economic Confidence Index dropping slightly to -16 after registering improvements for two straight weeks.

Twenty-one percent of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S., down from 27% in February, and the lowest such reading since June 2012.

Americans' confidence in the economy continued to improve last week as the U.S. stock market hit all-time highs. Gallup's Economic Confidence Index rose to -14, the highest since before the sequestration cuts took effect.

The majority of Americans still don't know enough to say whether the sequestration budget cuts have been a good or bad thing for the country or for them personally -- as was the case when they went into effect nearly two weeks ago.

Gallup's Economic Confidence Index improved to -17 last week from -22 the prior week, when the budget sequestration took effect. Still, last week's score is nine points lower than the five-year high of -8 reached in early February.

The budget sequestration that went into effect on March 1 appears to have had little impact on Americans' views of Congress. Thirteen percent of Americans approve of Congress in March, essentially unchanged from 15% in February.

U.S. economic confidence fell to -22 last week from -13 the prior week, with most of the drop occurring after the sequester deadline passed. Economic confidence had held at the five-year monthly high of -13 in February.

In the initial days after the budget sequester went into effect, a majority of Americans say they don't know enough to judge whether the sequestration cuts are a good or a bad thing for the country or for themselves.