Small business owners say economic uncertainty is worse than tariffs. Here's why.

Small business owners worry that mounting economic uncertainty, driven largely by President Trump's shifting tariff policies, could shut their doors for good. Beth Benike, cofounder of Busy Baby, told ... Read More

Small-business owners face an uncertain economic future

According to the Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Index — which uses data from hundreds of thousands of QuickBooks customers with less than nine employees — the average real monthly revenue for U.S. Read More

The State of Women Entrepreneurs: Reports Show Optimism and Growth

Recently we celebrated Women’s History Month, and women business owners continue to make history. The inaugural 2024 Impact of Women-Owned Businesses from Wells Fargo shows that women own 39.1% (about ... Read More

IMF forecasts slower U.S. economic growth in 2025, pointing to escalating trade war

The U.S. economy will grow 1.8% this year, the IMF said in its latest World Economic Outlook, down 0.9% from January and a full percentage point from last year's projection of 2.8%. Growth for 2026 is ... Read More

Small Business Optimism Slides as Tariffs Sow Uncertainty

The chief economist at the National Federation of Independent Businesses wondered if there was an economic iceberg looming, as its March survey of U.S. entrepreneurs showed a fourth straight month of ... Read More

S&P surveys of U.S. business shows growth slowing to 16-month low on trade-war worries

A pair of S&P surveys of top business leaders in the U.S. showed growth slowing to a 16-month low in April and optimism about the future of the economy falling to pandemic-era levels. The reason: Unce ... Read More

Running a small business is already hard. A tariff roller-coaster has made it even harder

With uncertainty high, Main Street’s optimism ... small business owner David Burrows said. ”It only adds to destabilizing business operations and at a higher level, the entire U.S. economy.” ... Read More

Chase's small biz guru says U.S. economy withstanding Trump tariff drag — for now

The strong fundamentals underpinning the U.S. economy also are buoying bullish sentiments of small ... business owners were even more bullish than most, with 70% of them likely to say they are in ... Read More

NFIB Small Business Survey: Sales Growth Expectations Scaled Back

The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index dropped for a third straight ... Key Takeaways from March's report: The net percent of small business owners expecting higher sales volume for a third ... Read More