Small Businesses Are Optimistic, Despite Hiring Challenges

Stephanie Vitori, owner of Cheeseburger Baby from Miami, Florida receives the Phoenix Award for Disaster Recovery from Chris Pilkerton (R), acting administrator of U.S. Small Business Administration, at the 2019 National Small Business Week Awards Ceremony at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington on May 5, 2019. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Small-business owners from across the country continue to be upbeat about the U.S. economy and their enterprises’ outlook. Despite a looming labor shortage, entrepreneurs are looking to keep up their hiring spree this year.

Small businesses will continue to reinvest and hire this year, according to Chris Pilkerton, acting administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).