NFIB Archive
small business optimism index
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Apr 09, 2014
The post weather ‘bounce’ didn’t even reverse the prior month’s drop: Highlights There are signs of confidence in the small business optimism index which jumped 2.0 points to 93.4 to nearly reverse a 2.7 point downswing in February. The March gain is led by expectations for future sales and by plans to
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Bear Stearns U.S. Economics: Small business optimism down
Fed, Inflation, Interest Rates
Dec 11, 2007
The NFIB small business optimism index fell to 94.4 in November from 96.2 in October. Although the net percentage of firms planning to expand was little changed at 13% in November versus 14% in October, the net percentage of firms expecting the economy to improve fell sharply to -10.0 from -2.0. Watching
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