2013 Small Business Economic Outlook for Your Bottom Line

2013 will get off to a bad start as political ideology will drive Washington policies, not common sense and logic. Expect spending to continue out of control and the deficit to worsen. "The madness will continue until the failure of markets imposes some needed discipline."says NFIB's chief economist in this week's "Your Bottom Line With Bill Dunkelberg. 1:54

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Fast Facts

At the peak of the boom, housing starts reached an annual rate of 2.2 million units.
At its lowest point during the recession, housing starts plunged to 500,000 units yearly, killing millions of jobs.

Your Bottom Line

NFIB's new web series, "Your Bottom Line," helps small business owners learn more about what drives the economy and how economic issues affect their businesses.

William Dunkelberg, NFIB's chief economist and one of the nation's top experts on small business, entrepreneurship, consumer behavior and consumer credit policy, hosts the series.

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