Comment on Today’s Small Business Trends Report

Date: June 09, 2020

Improvements in eight of 10 SBET index components welcoming news

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Melissa Pavlicek, Hawaii State Director, [email protected]
or Tony Malandra, Senior Media Manager, [email protected]

HONOLULU, June 9, 2020—From Melissa Pavlicek, Hawaii state director for NFIB, which released the latest findings of its Small Business Economic Trends report today. The SBET, also called the Optimism Index, is the nation’s leading measurement of the small-business economy.

“Hawaii’s small businesses rely on a vibrant tourism economy, so enthusiasm over economic reopening news is tempered by continued concern over quarantine restrictions on transpacific travelers. Businesses are readying for a full reopening in Hawaii.”

NFIB Research Center has collected Small Business Economic Trends Data with Quarterly surveys since 1973 and monthly surveys since 1986. The sample is drawn from the membership files of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). The SBET is one of the few archival data sets on small business, particularly when research questions address business operations rather than opinions. Today, it’s the largest, longest-running data set on small business economic conditions available.

“As states begin to reopen, small businesses continue to navigate the economic landscape rocked by COVID-19 and new government policies,” said NFIB’s Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg. “It’s still uncertain when consumers will feel comfortable returning to small businesses and begin spending again, but owners are taking the necessary precautions to reopen safely.”

Keep up with the latest Hawaii small-business news at www.nfib.com/hawaii or by following NFIB on Twitter @NFIB_HI.

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