Small-Business Optimism Remains Steady, Though Owners Finding It Hard to Hire Workers

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A hiring sign during Black Friday at a mall in Hanover, Md. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Small-business optimism in the United States remained steady in June, while the main concern is taxes, according to the influential National Federal of Independent Business (NFIB) index reading published on July 8.

The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index edged down by 0.2 percent of a point, to 98.6, slightly above the 51-year average of 98, according to the association’s press release. Increase in excess inventories, dwindling overall business health, and lower net future optimism pulled down on the index.