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Small Business Goes on Tour When President Obama declared that "you didn’t build that," small-business owners like you, all across America, were shocked. And you were mad, too. Because you did build your business. That's why, next week, NFIB is launching the "I Built My Business" bus tour.
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NFIB Small Business Economic Trends, October 2012 The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index lost 0.1 points, falling to 92.8. The recession-level reading was pulled down by a deterioration in labor market indicators, with job creation plans plunging 6 points. Since monthly surveys were started in 1986, the Index has been below 93.0 fifty-six times, and 32 of those low readings have occurred since the recovery began in June 2009. News on the economy didn’t really change and neither did business owners' views of the future for the economy – it’s as uncertain as it has been all year. Views about the current period as a “good time to expand” did gain 3 points, and the number of owners expecting business conditions to be better in six months gained 4 points over the pessimists, landing at a net 2%. However, these are hardly strong readings, even if improved.
October 2012 Survey