U.S. Small-Business Optimism Falls to 17-Year Low

Posted by GPorter under News
From http://www.bloomberg.com 6110 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 19, 2008 5:28 pm

Optimism among small-business owners fell last month to a 17-year low as companies said they expect business conditions to worsen in the next six months.

The National Federation of Independent Business confidence index declined 2.8 percentage points to 91.8, according to the Washington-based group. Eight of the 10 components making up the measure declined.

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Written by JulieR
6103 days ago

hmmm... what to believe...

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Written by GPorter
6110 days ago

Not to be doom and gloom. I thought it was sorta funny since I noticed there was another article on here posted 14 days ago that said small business optimism was up. Lies, damn lies, and statistics.

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