It’s axiomatic that small business owners are optimists who, as Winston Churchill said, “see the opportunity in every difficulty.” Why else would they risk everything—their ...

Kiplinger forecasts that the child tax credit payments being sent to parents each month from July through December will support more consumer spending at holiday time ...

At the end of February 2020, the federal unemployment rate was 3.5%. At that time, business owners were looking for ways to attract and retain ...

In just a couple of months, the small business landscape has dramatically changed, in some instances forever. The medical impact of COVID-19 continues to be ...

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”   - Jimmy Dean. No one knows ...

Why would you consider thinking about a recession when we’re in the middle of a boom economy? Because every boom is followed at some time ...

The most recent NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism shows that the optimism of small business owners is at near record highs. Earnings trends were the ...

The market has been amazing for more than 8 years (since March 2009): the Dow gained more than 14,000 points and the S&P tripled.  That ...

Oil prices at the pump haven’t been this low since 2003. The U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts that prices will stay low through 2017, although ...

Follow @BarbaraWeltman The economy may be good for some sectors (the government reported that GDP increased an annual rate of 2.3 percent in the second ...