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The NFIB Research Foundation is one of the leading sources of information about small business in the United States. A 501(c)(3) organization, the foundation conducts research about policy-related issues as well as the business practices and economic impact of small firms through its Small Business Economic Trends reports and other economic research studies. The empirically based information about small business, the product of more than 30 years of research, is available to policymakers, small-business owners, scholars and the public. The foundation is not a grant-making organization.

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NFIB Healthcare Policy Survey
NFIB's Small Business Healthcare Survey, the most recent, comprehensive small business healthcare data available, identifies cost as the single most important problem facing the health system today.

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The NFIB Research Foundation has collected Small-Business Economic Trends data with quarterly surveys since 1974 and monthly surveys since 1986. The sample is drawn from the membership files of NFIB. The report is released the second Tuesday of each month.

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The NFIB Small-Business Conditions^SM state-specific reports are developed from surveys of small-business owners in selected states. The quarterly surveys are designed to determine the condition of a state's small-business economy. Results are released on the first day of the month following the survey's completion.

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The Regulatory Impact Model (RIM) compares a baseline economic forecast of the U.S. -- one without a new regulation -- to a forecast of the economy when the regulation is introduced. The RIM consists of two parts: a regulatory interface and a seven region inter-industry econometric forecasting model called REMI, leased from Regional Economic Models, Inc. The RIM combines the calculation of direct , indirect and induced economic costs.

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