Can we find out more about the trajectory of a country’s economy by looking past the headline unemployment numbers and delving deeper into the job prospects of various demographic groups?  For example, does job loss amongst higher income or higher education individuals tell us more than job loss amongst the lower educated or lower Income?  Or, is a lack of job security amongst a family’s primary earner a more troubling sign than if less people depended on that income? To answer these questions, we undertook a study using data from The Thomson Reuters/IPSOS Primary Consumer Sentiment Index.  The PCSI contains