Small business optimism reached a post-election high of 105.1 in December, buoyed by expectations of lower taxes and less regulation with President Donald Trump in the White House and Republicans ...

As a small business owner, I watched the 2024 campaign closely as then-candidate Trump promised to support entrepreneurs by ...

New survey data show that President Donald Trump's quickly evolving and unpredictable tariff policies are causing small businesses to be less optimistic about the economy. The National Federation ...

Small businesses are reducing labor costs as tariffs put pressure on their bottom lines. Big businesses could be next.

Small business optimism reached a post-election high of 105.1 in December, buoyed by expectations of lower taxes and less regulation with President Donald Trump in the White House and Republicans i… ...

Businesses have been operating with uncertainty for months now. They’ve been in a holding pattern. And now the pain is ...

Tariffs. Trump's Tariffs Are Sapping Small Business Optimism Seasonally adjusted job openings and capital outlay spending are declining to levels not seen since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

U.S. small-business confidence slipped in June, as firms overall felt they had too much inventory on hand amid ongoing trade ...

Small business owner says "we can't survive short-term pain" of Trump tariffs 03:06. Small business owners worry that mounting economic uncertainty, driven largely by President Trump's shifting ...

Small-business optimism rises as owners expect improved conditions, but uncertainty lingers because of tariffs and potential tax-policy changes. ... career hesitation amid economic uncertainty.

High interest rates have led 49% of small businesses to halt expansions and 41% to restrict new business endeavors, the survey found. 4 President Trump has argued that tariffs are necessary to ...

Sentiment among US small businesses deteriorated for a fourth straight month in April as firms grew more downbeat about the economic outlook and sales prospects amid higher tariffs.