Economy

News and context regarding economic issues that have an impact on small business.

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Low Oil Prices Continue to be an Economic Positive For Most Small Businesses and Consumers | 2016

Minimum Wage Versus On-demand Economy Jobs

One-Person Small Businesses Accounted For Majority of Past Decade's Net New Jobs

Back to School Shopping in U.S. Expected to Reach $83 Billion | 2018

NRF survey says spending for back to school shopping could reach $82.8 billion.

Small Business Employees Seeking Increased Wages, More Benefits

Why the Bureau of Labor Statistics Estimate of Gig Economy Workers Does’t Add Up

Vermont Reimbursing Remote Workers $10,000 for Relocating to the Green Mountain State

Small Business Owners are Really, Really Optimistic | 2018 Q2

Small Business Optimism Continues its Climb to a 45-Year High | May 2018

Small Business Owners Rank Inability to Find Workers as Number 1 Business Challenge | May 2018

Will Small Business Owners Save Sam’s Club?

Sam’s Club describes its customers as a “family making $125,000 a year that lives in the suburbs and may own a small business.”

Small Business Optimism Continued to Set Record Highs in January | 2018

Six of the 10 components that make up the small-business optimism index increased in January.

Another Survey Reveals Record High Small Business Optimism | January 2018

Record high percentage of owners expect 2018 increases in revenues, cash flow

Half of Small Business Owners Give Administration High Marks | January 2018

The White House also scored significantly higher than state governments, the Supreme Court, and Congress.

Pace of Growth in Small Business Buy-Sell Transactions Reached Record High in 2017

A growing pool of potential small business owners decided 2017 was the year to dive in.