Bill Dunkelberg provides a basic summary of the small business economic trends survey from the month of May. He covers labor, spending, credit, inflation, and more.
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3rd Ingredient™, Part 33: Where Washington and Wall Street meet, Main Street loses
Where Washington and Wall Street meet, Main Street loses. Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the blatant collusion between Washington and Wall Street and the utter disregard for Main Street small businesses.
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Small businesses are still not hiring. Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with this month's NFIB Index showing over half of small businesses are not hiring, and three fourths of those who are hiring can't find qualified prospects.
Small business sales are still down. Bill Dunkelberg joins JIm Blasingame with this month's NFIB Report showing small businesses still have languishing sales, plus are still not making capital investments.
Wall Street is up but Main Street is down. Bill Dunkelberg joins JIm Blasingame with this month's NFIB Report that shows a continued negative attitude about the economy by small businesses, and suggest reasons for this condition.
Why aren't small businesses making capital investments? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFIB Index that shows small businesses are not ready to invest their capital or borrowed funds due to uncertainty about the economy.
Slow small business growth keeps hiring numbers down. Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFIB Index that shows small businesses are still not hiring because they don't see the growth opportunities from sales.
