(Is job-offshoring a major issue? You respond in the negative)
OTOH, you might take a look at the Consumer Confidence survey.
Latest number is down slightly, and the "future expectations" component is WAY down, which dragged down the overall number.
The press is playing up the job-loss/job-less recovery stuff hard, and has LOTS of material to use.
And Mankew's seemingly uncaring statement on the issue does NOT help GWB.