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Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... increased to 58.1 from 57.1 in June and 45.4 in May. Small businesses are faring better too. The NFIB Small Business Optimism index rose to a reading of 100.6 in June - the highest reading since February (before the coronavirus crisis) -- from 94.4 in ...

Chief economist update: Stimulus measures ease extreme fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... non-manufacturing employment index to 47 from 55.6 in February; and hiring plans contained in the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index (which fell by 8.1 points to a reading of 96.4 in March - the largest monthly decline in the survey's history) dropped ...

Chief economist update: Small business is big business

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... private-sector output; 98% of firms exporting goods; and, and 33% of exporting value. Citing the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index (he would have seen the May index - 107.8), Trump said small business owners were "the most optimistic in history." Of ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... the domestically-orientated service industry - one that's underscored by the jumped in the NFIB small business optimism index to its highest level in 12 years (105.8 in December). A fact - yes, not the "alternative" one - that's apparent in the University ...

Every American's turning optimist

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... (up to 98.4 in December - the highest since November 2004 - from 93.8 in November) and the NFIB small business optimism index (105.8 in December - the highest since December 2004 - from 98.4 in November).

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... Prices in NSW are the most expensive averaging A$822,000 and cheapest in Hobart at A$360,000. US NFIB small business optimism index Small businesses in America have given Trump the thumbs up. The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) small ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... uncertainty of the US presidential elections and the rising prospect for a Fed rate hike. The NFIB small business optimism index rose to 94.9 on October from 94.1 in the previous month. This is better than market expectations for a 94.3 outcome and is ...

Small not feeling beautiful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... orders, ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing, to name a few - released so far this year. The NFIB small business optimism index declined to 93.9 in January - the lowest level since February 2014. The index has headed south since it peaked at 100.3 ...

Bad tidings for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... in the US economy. More indications of which came in the form of the 2-point increase in the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index to 98.1 in November - the highest print in the current recovery - amid sharp gains in expectations for the economy and in ...

Dull night on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... again, doesn't good stats mean no more QE? Ahh... but QE hopes linger. Another indicator - the NFIB small business optimism index - fell in July following two consecutive months of gains, indicating that small businesses don't expect much improvement ...
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