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Small Business Owners Rank Inability to Find Workers as Number 1 Business Challenge | May 2018
Unemployment falls to 3.9%, lowest since December, 2000
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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.
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Annual Small Business Optimism Index Hits Record High in 2017
2017 set the all-time record high for small business optimism in the 45-year history of the NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism
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Confidence of Small Business Buyers and Sellers Drops in 2017
Annual survey indicates confidence of business buyers and sellers only dropped slightly in 2017 but contains fear that the market may be peaking.