NFIB

Small Business Economic Trends (SBET) is a monthly assessment of the U.S. small-business economy and its near-term prospects. Its data are collected through mail surveys to random samples of the National Federal of Independent Business (NFIB) membership. NFIB is the largest small business trade association in the country with members scattered across every state and every industry grouping. Despite the organization-based sampling frame, the SBET has proven to be a reliable gauge of small business economic activity over time, and its results regularly appear in the electronic and print media... The industries for which NFIB provides data include: agriculture, construction, manufacturing, wholesale, retail, financial services, professional services, and non-professional services. The industry data appear in March (for the months of December, January, and February), June (for the months of March, April, and May), September (for the months of June, July, and August), and December (for the..

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