Not exact matches
Although we've had two months of similar hiring and paycheck
numbers, the SurePayroll small
business owner
optimism number plummeted 11 points, revealing that only 55 percent of
business owners are optimistic about the economy.
What I see in SurePayroll's January Small
Business Scorecard is that the
number of people on payroll dropped slightly (0.1 percent),
optimism is low (57 percent), and the average paycheck is up (0.6 percent).
The increase in small
business optimism is a positive sign for financial institutions on a
number of fronts.
The Small
Business Optimism Index, which is run by the National Federation of Independent Businesses, or NFIB, is seeing incredibly high optimism
Optimism Index, which is run by the National Federation of Independent
Businesses, or NFIB, is seeing incredibly high
optimism optimism numbers.
Fewer
businesses hired new employees last month, according to the Commerce Department's most recent jobs report, and a larger
number of small
business owners reported feeling pessimistic about growth, according to the NFIB SmallBusiness
Optimism index.
Small
business optimism rocketed to its highest level since 2004, with a stratospheric 38 - point jump in the
number of owners who expect better
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