Recent data has warned that small business (SMB) optimism is beginning to drop after months of record highs. It wasn’t altogether unexpected, though: After all, what goes up must come down. Yet, amid talk of declining optimism and an impending recession in the U.S., the...
After months of record highs, small business optimism has apparently begun a downswing — or has it? The latest research on the topic reveals a multifaceted view of small businesses’ economic and financial outlook in the U.S., with conflicting findings illustrating how complex the picture...
After record levels of optimism among U.S. small business owners last year, it appears the trend may be over. Reports in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday (Jan. 8) said entrepreneurs in the U.S. are less optimistic about the national economy, with economic outlook dropping...
Small business owners have a lot on their plates today and, depending on who one asks, top concerns range from taxes to late invoice payments. Amid a wave of new surveys released on small business sentiment, PYMNTS wades through the data to examine how entrepreneurs...
August 24, 2017
Six months into her tenure, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) head Linda McMahon is speaking up about the state of small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in the country. In an interview with The Associated Press, McMahon pointed to a divide in the SMB community: feelings of both optimism and frustration over lack of access to finance. […]
September 09, 2015
New data shows that small business owners’ confidence in the U.S. economy continues on the upswing. Reports said Tuesday (Sept. 8) that the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) revealed...
