{"id":4014,"date":"2009-07-20t19:59:54","date_gmt":"2009-07-21t00:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=4014"},"modified":"2024-11-19t21:49:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20t02:49:40","slug":"mergis-group-accounting-and-finance-worker-confidence-rebounds-in-second-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2009\/07\/20\/mergis-group-accounting-and-finance-worker-confidence-rebounds-in-second-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"mergis group: accounting and finance confidence rebounds"},"content":{"rendered":"
confidence index jumps 5.7 points to 48.0.<\/strong><\/p>\n despite this uptick in macroeconomic confidence, fewer employed workers reported confidence in the future of their current employer.<\/p>\n results from the accounting & finance employment report<\/em>:<\/p>\n “it is encouraging to see that fewer accounting and finance workers feel that the economy is getting weaker,” stated brendan courtney, president of the mergis group. “although this is certainly welcoming news, given the volatility we have seen in our accounting and finance employee confidence index and the job market over the past few quarters, it is still too early to positively determine if this uptick in confidence will persist. the general economist consensus is that the road to recovery will be long and slow moving. with continued lack of corporate confidence in the economy, as well as the delayed economic impact of tarp and other government stimulus programs, we believe that ongoing fluctuation in our index is highly probable in the months to come. it is promising to see that accounting and finance workers are expressing higher levels of confidence and are indicating that they believe the economy is getting stronger, which are both positive signs.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" confidence index jumps 5.7 points to 48.0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"129943,130736,136841,134813,130109,132993","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[252,715],"class_list":["post-4014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-outlook","tag-recession","tag-jobs"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\naccording to a survey commissioned by the mergis group, the professional placement division of spherion corporation (nyse:sfn), the upward trend in confidence was driven by fewer workers believing that the economy is getting weaker.<\/p>\n\n