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NFIB Small Business Optimism Index up to 89.3
The Index of Small Business Optimism gained 1.3 points, rising to 89.3 (1986=100), 8.3 points higher than the survey’s second lowest reading reached in March 2009 (the lowest reading was 80.1 in 1980:2). Optimism has clearly stalled in spite of the improvements in the economy in the second half of 2009. Small business owners entered 2010 the same way they left 2009 – depressed. The quarterly Index readings have been below 90 for 7 quarters, indicative of the severity and pervasiveness of this recession.
Posted: February 9, 2010 Tuesday 07:30 AM