Congress needs to send a reassuring message now that more money is on the way
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jason Espinoza, State Director, [email protected]
or Tony Malandra, Senior Media Manager, [email protected]
SANTA FE, N.M., April 20, 2020—From Jason Espinoza, New Mexico state director for NFIB, on the release of his association’s poll showing 80% of small-business owners still waiting for their PPP loan and not knowing where they are in the process.
“Last week, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced that the Paycheck Protection Program had run out of money, and today, NFIB’s poll showed 80% of small businesses not knowing where they are in the process. This is unacceptable. Congress needs to send a reassuring message – now! — that more money is on the way and help in processing it is coming fast.”
From Brad Close, president and CEO of NFIB
“The Paycheck Protection Program was established to help small businesses, yet big businesses with thousands of employees took advantage of the program, with 2% of companies getting 25% of the funding so far. This is backward, and Congress must take steps to make sure the funds make it to true small businesses.”
Click here to read Close’s editorial in today’s USA Today
NFIB’s poll of its member small-business owners found:
About three-quarters of small business owners (almost all employer businesses) have submitted an application for a PPP loan as of April 17.
- About one-in-five (20%) of submitted applications have been fully processed with funds deposited in the borrower’s account.
- Nearly 80% are still waiting, many not knowing where they are in the process.
About 40% of small business owners successfully submitted an application for an EIDL through the SBA website.
- Among those who submitted an application, most (77%) requested the emergency grant of up to $10,000.
- Of those who requested the EIDL emergency grant, about 10% have received the funds.
- Essentially, all of the EIDL applicants (99%) have yet to receive the loan.
Most small business owners believe it will take beyond 2020 and into the years following to get back to normal economic activity.
- About one-third of small business owners believe their community will be back to a normal level of economic activity by the end of the year.
- Just under 40% believe more normal levels of economic activity will return in 2021.
- A quarter of owners believe it will not be until 2022 or later before the economy returns to normal.
Keep up with the latest on New Mexico small-business at www.nfib.com/new-mexico and by following NFIB on Twitter @NFIB_NM.
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