The Small-Business Optimism Index reading for September was 92.9, the second consecutive monthly increase. But the index still has not escaped its long string of recession-level readings. “Dramatic improvements in the percentage of owners expecting the economy to [get better] over the next six months and solid plans to invest in new inventories accounted for the early surge,” said William Dunkelberg, NFIB’s chief economist.
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92.9
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SOURCE: NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS