THE NFIB SMALL BUSINESS OPTIMISM INDEX HAS DRAMATICALLY TURNED DOWN - WHAT ARE THEY WORRIED ABOUT?

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MATA: SENTIMENT - SMALL BUSINESS OPTIMISM INDEX

MATASII SYNTHESIS:

  • We have annotated the February NFIB Small Business Optimism Index as charted by dshort.com
  • Something has significantly changed within small business sentiment since Q4 2018,
  • We see a divergence between Consumer Confidence and the Optimism Index that we have not seen since prior to the Election of Donald Trump,
  • Small Business is once again worried about something as we separately have noticd that Small Business hiring has also fallen.

 

 

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