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Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFIB Index that shows small business hiring is up slightly, but this is not significant because there are fewer small businesses today than five years ago.
Why is small business sentiment so dour? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with this month's NFIB Report that continues to show that small business owners are still less than optimistic about the economy.
What does small businesses sales and hiring look like? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with this month's NFIB Report that shows small business sales and hiring picked up last month, but is still at record low levels.
Why is Washington so set on manufacturing uncertainty? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with this month's NFIB Report and to talk about the policies and pronouncement from Washington that discourage small businesses, like raising minimum wage.
Why are small businesses still so down about the economy? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to review some of the reasons his NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism is not positive, including the impact of Obamacare.
Why are small business sales and investment still lagging? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with this month's NFIB Index of small business optimism that shows sales, hiring and investment are still at close to recession levels.
What's the next step for the Fed's quantitative easing strategy? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the next Fed chairman and how the inevitable tapering of quantitative easing will impact the economy and small businesses.
Small business owners are still not optimistic about the future. Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFIB Small Business Index that shows that optimism in this important sector continues to erode.
More than four years after the end of the recession, why is the economy still stagnant? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFIB Index, that shows the U.S. is half way through what may be a lost decade regarding the economy.
How bad is Obamacare for small business? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the nightmare that Obamacare has become, why this has happened, and what will happen.