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Small Business Optimism Near All-Time High

December 13, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Optimism Index soars past 107, closes in on 1983 record.

Not since the roaring Reagan economy has small business optimism been as high as it was in November, according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Index of Small Business Optimism.

 “We haven’t seen this kind of optimism in 34 years, and we’ve seen it only once in the 44 years that NFIB has been conducting this research,” said NFIB President and CEO Juanita Duggan. “Small business owners are exuberant about the economy, and they are ready to lead the U.S. economy

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