For example, the percentage of part-time employees who want full-time work but can’t find it has dropped from 29.9% to 25.6%. One area where we have yet to see improvement is wage growth. However, lower oil prices are acting as a big pay increase right now for consumers.
2. Americans have gotten their balance sheets in order.
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