ABA-Small Business Optimism Decreases in October.

ENPNewswire-November 10, 2021--ABA-Small Business Optimism Decreases in October

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Release date- 09112021 - The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index decreased 0.9 point in October, measuring 98.2 The Uncertainty Index decreased 7 points to 67.

A seasonally adjusted net 26.0% of owners plan to create new jobs, unchanged from the previous month. The percent of owners thinking it's a good time to expand was 10.0%, down 1.0% from the prior month. Forty-nine percent of respondents reported job openings they could not fill in the current period, a decrease of two points from September and historically very high.

A net negative 4% of all owners (seasonally adjusted) reported higher nominal sales in the past three months, down 7 points from September. The net percent of owners...

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