After a December employment report that capped off the biggest year for jobs since 1999, it's no surprise that Americans' confidence in the job market is soaring. In its monthly poll for January on the most important problems facing the country, Gallup found that just 7 percent of Americans say that jobs are our biggest challenge. That's the lowest that figure has been since October 2008.
American saying jobs were our top problem peaked at a whopping 39 percent in September 2011. What's replaced it? No one issue is nearly as prominent at this point; "dissatisfaction with the government" was named by 17 percent of the respondents, while 14 percent said "the economy in general."
Even those numbers are down from their recent peaks. In late 2013, dissatisfaction with the government was cited by 33 percent of the respondents. And in late 2012, the economy in general was the biggest issue for 37 percent of Americans.
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