NFIB

Small Business Economic Trends -- January 2003
01/23/2003

Small business optimism faded in December. The Index of Small Business Optimism fell 3.4 points to 98.5 (1986=100), the lowest reading for 2002. Hiring plans and capital spending plans strengthened, but expectations for business conditions fell sharply.

Click on the link below to read the NFIB Research Foundation's January 2003 Report for Small Business Economic Trends.

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