Small business employs ~60% of American workers, and the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is the go-to for sentiment in that space.
The NFIB monthly small business sentiment survey is an input to our own general conditions index... March's results were released this morning, and, well, OOF!!:
Note the present trend of our 3 metrics, and the trends heading into past recessions (red shaded areas):
Thanks Marty! The picture does not look pretty!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure Sam! Yeah, risk/reward right here isn't great
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