How are small businesses holding up against inflation?

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How are small businesses holding up against inflation?
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The National Federation of Independent Businesses has released May's Small Business Optimism Index, which shows that optimism among small businesses rose 0.8...

The National Federation of Independent Businesses has released May's Small Business Optimism Index, which shows that optimism among small businesses rose 0.8% from April.Big question and one piece of data that analysts look at is the Small Business Optimism index which comes out monthly from the National Federation of Independent Businesses.The latest numbers are out this morning showing optimism among small businesses is up 8/10 of a percent from last month.

Those are that is down from 3% from a year ago, but of course, don't celebrate too early at that big number. So investors should really focus on these sectors with strong pricing power and those poised to benefit from this improved economic condition that we're seeing as well as some of these easing credit constraints for small businesses.

All of this presents a very uncertain outlook for small business owners and uncertainty is the enemy of progress.

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