Small Business Owners’ Optimism Reaches Six-Year High, Consumers Aren’t Quite So Sure

The Small Business Optimism Index maintained by the National Federation of Independent Business rose 3.4 points to 105.1 in December, the highest level since October 2018. Results of the new survey were released Jan. 14. The Federation attributed the increasing optimism to “the new administration’s economic agenda and anticipated pro-business policies and legislation in the…