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The National Federation of Independent Business Index of Small Business Optimism gained 1.6 points in May with a reading of 92.2.
Although not a strong sign of recovery, it’s going in the right direction. It is the best reading since September 2008’s 92.9 index that happened just before the five-point decline in [...]

Small businesses are slightly more optimistic about their economic outlook than they have been in the last two years but are still not ready to expand staffs and boost capital spending, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
The National Federation of Independent Business said its survey showed the second straight month [...]