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Small Business Optimism
Edges Up Again in May for
Second Straight Month
The Index of Small Business Optimism
increased 2.3 points to 94.4, although this
is only back to its May 2012 level.

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Small Business
Problems and Priorities
Find out what problems have made the top of the list during the uncertainty of a recession and what are small business priorities
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New Study: Small Business Indicators of Macro-economic Performance
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How Tax Rates Impact Small Business: New Study

Study on the Long-Run Impact of Increasing
Tax Rates on High-Income Taxpayers in 2013

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What you need to know about:

Individual Mandate Penalties

Top Impediments to Small Business Growth
According to the NFIB's Research Foundation
Study, Growth – External Factors report,
the two primary external impediments to small
business growth are:
•Economic and political uncertainty
•Weak sales

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Small Business, Credit Access,
and a Lingering Recession
A new study from the NFIB Research Foundation examining small-business access to credit reveals that even while the (slow) economic recovery sent demand for credit on an upward trajectory in 2011, the real estate overhang continues to depress small-business growth and curb capacity to borrow.

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Research Foundation

Find the latest research, polls and information on critical small business trends, including NFIB's well-known monthly Small Business Economic Trends report.

Small Business Economic Trends

SBET NFIB Small Business Economic Trends, June 2013
The NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism rose 2.3 points to 94.4. This is the second highest reading since the recession started but not one signaling strong economic growth. Pessimism about the economy and future sales did moderate, 8 of the 10 Index components gained, but planned job creation fell a point and reported job creation stalled after 5 “up” months.

June 2013 Survey

NFIB Chief Economist on CNBC

Bill Dunkelberg discusses drop in small business optimism.

Small Business Problems & Priorities

Small Business Problems & Priorities study Problems & Priorities
The cost of health insurance remains the top problem for small business in America—-as it has been for two decades. But "uncertainty" dominates the top five concerns in the eighth edition of NFIB's Small Business Problems & Priorities survey, which is based on the responses of 3,856 small business owners.

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New Tax Survey

New small business tax study

NFIB's Research Foundation randomly sampled 12,500 NFIB members between mid-November and mid-December, 2012 and asked them about a range of issues concerning the current federal tax code. Here's how small business owners responded about how much taxes impact their ability to operate their businesses.
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