News and context regarding economic issues that have an impact on small business.
In addition to recent surveys showing record high small business optimism, May employment statistics released Friday, June 1, 2018 reported that employment increased by 223,000 and the unemployment rate edged down to 3.8 percent.
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.”
Six of the 10 components that make up the small-business optimism index increased in January.
A growing pool of potential small business owners decided 2017 was the year to dive in.