{"id":2390094,"date":"2025-01-14T11:07:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T16:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-confidence-in-small-businesses-rises-to-six-year-high-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T11:08:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T16:08:05","slug":"us-confidence-in-small-businesses-rises-to-six-year-high-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-confidence-in-small-businesses-rises-to-six-year-high-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"US confidence in small businesses rises to six-year high &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-confidence-in-small-businesses-rises-to-six-year-high-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2390094&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ray-epps-charged-with-misdemeanor-over-j6-capitol-protest\/\" title=\"Ray Epps faces misdemeanor charges for his involvement in the J6 Capitol protest.\">provided text appears<\/a> to be a segment of HTML code designed for a webpage,containing features such as \u200da &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button that \u200callows \u200busers to reveal additional content when clicked. 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The use of XML encoding is noted, \u2064which typically indicates \u2064that the content\u200d might potentially be structured or formatted for specific applications or web standards. it focuses on enhancing user interaction through mobile-kind navigation options.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">US confidence in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">small businesses rises<\/a> to six-year high<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1933979\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>As President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> prepares to take office, <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">small business<\/a> owners reported the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/consumer-confidence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">highest optimism<\/a> in six years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The new survey from the National Federation of Independent Business came after the COVID-19 pandemic and President Joe Biden&rsquo;s first term in office. Small businesses were left reeling and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-reveal-whistleblower-documents-exposing-fbi-use-of-counterterrorism-tactics-against-parents\/\" title=\"House Republicans Reveal Whistleblower Documents Exposing FBI Use of Counterterrorism Tactics Against Parents\">seeking federal assistance<\/a> in the form of loans to get by. Now, with Trump&rsquo;s incoming second administration, business owners have changed their outlook.<\/p>\n<p>This December saw an optimum index of 105.1, which was the second consecutive month above the average index of 98 in over 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>Over 50% of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-becomes-latest-state-to-end-300-unemployment-bonus\/\" title=\"Alabama Becomes Latest State To End 0 Unemployment Bonus\">business owners reported<\/a> that they expected the economy to improve. Another fifth said now was a good time to expand business, which was the largest response since February 2020. Another fifth said inflation was the No. 1 problem they encountered while operating their businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Compensation increases seemingly slowed, as only 29% reported doing so in December, which was a steady decrease from the months before. These were the fewest respondents since March 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Small business owners feel more certain and hopeful about the economic agenda of the new administration. Expectations for economic growth, lower inflation, and positive business conditions have increased in anticipation of pro-business policies and legislation in the new year,&rdquo; NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration allotted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sba.gov\/article\/2025\/01\/10\/biden-harris-administration-awards-record-breaking-183b-federal-contracts-small-businesses-marking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"$183 billion&nbsp;in contracts\">$183 billion&nbsp;in contracts<\/a> between small businesses and the federal government during fiscal 2024, which some 34 million small businesses benefitted from. This was over $4.5 billion more than the last fiscal year and over $29 billion more than in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1933979\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1933979\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US small business confidence hits six-year peak as Trump nears office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2390095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/small-business-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[48482,40524,48481,32076],"class_list":["post-2390094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-six-year-high","tag-small-businesses","tag-us-confidence","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/small-business-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2390094"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2390098,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390094\/revisions\/2390098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2390095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2390094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2390094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2390094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}