US economy encouraged homeowners in 2015

It was one year so bad for a resident of Detroit, for a producer of software or even to someone who did not attend high school and was looking for work.

Owners of West Virginia homeowners have less cause for optimism and women are more pessimistic. See how fared Americans who make up a number of demographic groups within the economy in 2015:
Unemployment

This year, the labor market showed that less can be more. Americans with the lowest education levels - less than a high school diploma - saw the largest decline in unemployment compared to December 2014, with a fall of 1.7 percent in the unemployment rate in this range. The two highest categories, composed respectively by those with some technical school diploma or more and those with a university degree or more, experienced a decline of half a percentage point in the unemployment rate. Meanwhile, those with high school, but went to college, did not progress, seeing an increase of 0.1 percentage point in the unemployment rate.

A warning to the tracks that most progress: the candidates to jobs with lower educational level still registered the highest unemployment rate of 6.9 percent in November. The result contrasts with the 2.5 percent recorded among the most qualified American and the overall unemployment rate of 5 percent, the lowest since April 2008.
Wages

Average hourly wages were slow in 2015, up 2.3 percent in November from the previous year by 10 industry groups. A 3.7 percent jump puts the so-called information workers (information operators, in free translation) at the top, followed by workers in the mining and logging, which is quite surprising considering the fall in prices commodities. Not to mention the diverse group "other services", wage increases in education and health sectors, 1.9 percent, and industry were the worst.

Consumer confidence

The division between genres continued to exist with respect to the mood of Americans in 2015. Optimism among men remained higher than among women, according to the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index, based on weekly data up to December 20th. Comfort levels in both groups were lower than in the beginning of the year; the stronger labor market and the acceleration of wages in 2016 could change that.

Property prices

The metropolitan areas of Florida dominated the increases in the prices of single-family homes in the 12-month period until the third quarter, show data from the National Association of Estate Agents. Foreign buyers, job creation and limited supply pushed prices higher. Regionally, the West and South zones recorded the strongest growth in property values ​​this year, followed by the Midwest, while the Northeast remained behind. Over the 12 months ended in September, the single-family homes values ​​nationwide rose an average 5.5 percent to US $ 229,000.
Inflation

The country as a whole continued enjoying slow price increases this year, but some cities, especially on the west coast, saw prices rise 1 percent or more. The residents of Detroit have benefited most, with a drop of 0.7 percent in the cost of living.