Small-business index gains in April - Dayton Business Journal:

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points in April, with a majority of businesz owners expecting the economy to improve over the next threwe tosix months. The percentage of small business owners who are optimisticd about the economy jumped 24 points inthe ' monthly Sales expectations, which hit a recor low in March, improved by 20 Scores for six othedr indicators also increased, enabling the index to rise to 86.8 still far below 100, the level that reflectxs small business conditions in 1986.
NFIB Chief Economist Williakm Dunkelbergcautioned “the improved numbers were still very low,” so “nk immediate turnabout” is likely for the About 30 percent of small businessex reduced employment over the past three months, compared with 4 perceng that increased the size of theirr work force. “It appears that owners are not throug h withtheir labor-based cost cutting,” Dunkelberg A net 14 percenrt of small-business owners reported that loan were harder to get, the highesf reading since the recession of the early