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Small Business Optimism Reaches 16th Consecutive Month of Historically High Readings

April 17, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Taxes received the fewest votes since 1982 as top problem for business owners

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) small business optimism index reached its 16th consecutive month in the top five percent of 45 years of survey readings, according to the NFIB Small Business Economic Trends survey. The 104.7 March reading, down from 107.6 in February, remains among the highest in survey history and for the first time since 1982, taxes received the fewest number of votes as the number one problem. Taxes as the number one problem has declined since November 2017, the month before the tax

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