The National Federation for Independent Business’s small business optimism index declined 0.8 points in October to 91.3, marking the 10th consecutive month below the 49-year average of 98. Thirty-three percent of small business owners surveyed by NFIB reported that inflation was their single most important problem in operating their business, three points higher than September’s
Small business optimism continues to decline across US
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