The NFIB Research Center provides blogs that highlight key issues for small business owners, including inflation, sales and profits, and affordable energy. Learn about how these issues affect small businesses and the economy through recent data trends.

• Inflation? Look at Main Street: The cost for goods and services has increased exponentially for all Americans. The Research Center’s blog on inflation uses data to show trends across a variety of industries and how the effects on small businesses are indicative of the effects on the greater economy.  

• Sales and Profits – Whose Got Them?: This blog displays earnings and profit trends to show where growth lies in the small business economy. Learn more about sales reports over time and in the state of the small business sector with the Research Center’s blog on sales and profits 

• Want to Help Main Street Affordability? Start with Energy: Energy costs have increased exponentially over the past two decades, becoming one of the highest costs and issues for small business owners. NFIB’s blog on affordable energy explores the relationship energy costs have on profit, loss, and price increases for small businesses.  

NFIB’s Research Center provides small business data to create an accurate picture of the greatest issues impacting the state of the small business economy. Learn more about these key issues with recent blogs from the NFIB Research Center.