The Small-Business Optimism Index read-ing 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.© Pool & Spa News
| 91.5 | 89.3 | 89.2 | 88.2 | 91.1 | 92.9 | ||||||
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SOURCE: NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS