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Small Business By the Numbers Podcast

Small Business by the Numbers is the NFIB Research Center podcast where we discuss everything related to the small business economy. Co-hosts Holly Wade, the Executive Director of the NFIB Research Center, and Peter Hansen, Director of Research and Policy Analysis, will discuss data, stories, and the economic conditions affecting small businesses nationwide.
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Episode 7
Small Business Optimism Falls in March
The March Small Business Economic Trends data is largely reflective of small business owners’ and consumers’ reactions to a dramatic spike in oil prices. Small business owners are having to absorb those higher input costs and pass them along to their customers. NFIB Research Center Co-hosts, Holly Wade and Peter Hansen, calibrate what are considered significant changes in a month like this.

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