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Small Business Economic Trends - June 2008 (942 KB, PDF)
06/10/2008

Small business owners are not optimistic about the current state of the economy. "The National Federation of Independent Business Index of Small Business Optimism fell 2.2 points to 89.3 – a recession-level reading, and the lowest index reading since 1980," said NFIB Chief Economist William Dunkelberg. "But the current low readings have not been accompanied by the declines in real spending and hiring as was the case in past recessions," he said. ...more-->

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