| Survey
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Date
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Labor Markets
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Capital
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Sales
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General Outlook
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Data
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| SBET February 2016
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February 2016
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- 42% of businesses in the survey report few or no qualified applicants for a position that they were trying to fill
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- 4% of small business owners surveyed reported that company borrowing needs were not met
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- 11% cite weak sales as their principal business problem
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- Spending and hiring plans fell as expectations for growth in real sales volumes declined
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(N=2194, Data was obtained from membership files of the NFIB)
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| Small Business Owner report
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Fall 2015
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- 67% planned to hire 12+ employees within 2015
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- 46% of small businesses surveyed cite credit availability as their primary concern
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- 28% of businesses say they will use recently acquired funding to develop a new product or service within the next year
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- 56% say they expect the US economy to improve within the next 12 months
- 72% of small businesses expect their revenue to increase for the year
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(N=1,001 small business owners in
the US with annual revenue $100,000<x<$4,999,999 and employing
between 2<x<99 employees)
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| WellsFargo survey
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January 2016
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- 26% of small businesses expect to hire in Q1 2016
- 66% of businesses expect the number of jobs to stay the same
- 11% of businesses say that hiring and retaining qualified staff is their most pressing problem
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- 19% of businesses responded that obtaining credit was difficult
- 5% of say cash flow and financial stability as the company's biggest problem
- 4% of businesses surveyed speculate credit availability may be prohibiting company growth
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- 14% experienced difficulty attracting customers in Q1 2016
- 38% of businesses surveyed stated a positive revenue increase in Q1 2016
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- 67% of small businesses regard their financial situation as good or very good in Q1 2016
- 71% expect a positive financial future within the next 12 months
- 8% of small businesses say that the economy is the principal problem their business is facing
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(N=600 small business owners in Q1 2016)
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| WSJ survey
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January 2016
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- 54% of businesses surveyed said they expect firm size to increase
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- 40% of businesses reported that they expect their firm's fixed investment expenditures to increase during the next 12 mo.
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- 73% report an expected sales increase within the year
- 54% of firms expect their profitability to improve
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- Investments in new plant and equipment have fallen to their lowest level in more than two years
- 20% of firms expect the economy to worsen in the year ahead—the highest level in more than two years.
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| NY Fed Survey
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2014
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- 27% of businesses reported an increase in their full time staff
- 15% reported a decrease in their full time staff
- 58% of respondents reported no change in their employee base
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- 23% of businesses reported 10-25K of debt
- 62% of businesses had applied for <100K of financing
- 41% responded they'd sought financing from a large regional bank
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- 35% of respondents reported increasing revenues and positive profitability
- 23% of businesses said they'd experienced difficulty in attracting customers
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- 29% of businesses reported personal savings as their primary financing source
- 29% of businesses operated at a loss
- 13% of respondents said the increasing costs of running their business was their principal concern
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10 states of coverage: Alabama, Connecticut,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey,
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee with businesses <500.
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