NH Business Review Business and Industry Statistics Biweekly Snapshot
Wallethub Economic Index It increased by about 4% between August 2024 and August 2025, indicating that consumers are less confident about their financial situation this month than they did last year. Compared to last year, consumer stress levels around money fell by 3.4% in August 2025, while 2.3% are optimistic that their financial situation will improve over the next six months. Furthermore, consumers feel new employment opportunities at 6.2% per year.
55% of people think According to a Wallethub survey, inflation and tariffs are erasing diligence. Seven in ten people say they are working harder than this year and last year. Two in five Americans are concerned that AI will do their job. The survey also showed that 93% of American workers wanted companies to offer financial wellness tools.
Report from airesumebuilder.com 24% of companies surveyed require employees to use AI, while another 34% found that they only need to use certain employees. An additional 19% strongly encourages the adoption of AI across the workforce. The main reasons for mandating AI use in the workplace are to improve productivity (79%), improve work quality (70%), and increase innovation and creativity (58%). Other motivations include staying competitive within the industry (54%) and reducing costs (45%), with 29% referring to the possibility of reducing staff needs.
Data from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) Analysis by Tuitionhero shows that in New Hampshire, from 92,683 registered students from 2014 to 2018, there was a 9% decrease from 92,683 registered students from 2018 to 2022. Neighboring states Maine and Massachusetts shared similar percentage drops.
Pu Research Center Recently, we published a report that found that 60% of Americans have seen significant cuts in union workers over the past decades as bad for the country. The reported people decided the share of US workers in the union since 1983, when 20.1% were union members. In 2024, 9.9% of US workers were unionized.
