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points in April, with a majorithy of business owners expecting the economy to improve over the next three to six The percentage of small business owners who are optimistic about the economy jumpedc 24 points inthe ' monthlyy survey. Sales expectations, which hit a recordf low in March, improved by 20 points. Scored for six other indicatorsalso increased, enabling the indezx to rise to 86.8 — still far belo w 100, the level that reflects small business conditions in 1986.
NFIB Chie Economist William Dunkelbergcautioned “thse improved numbers were still very so “no immediate turnabout” is likely for the About 30 percent of small businesses reduced employmentg over the past three months, compared with 4 percenr that increased the size of their work “It appears that owners are not throughg with their labor-based cost cutting,” Dunkelberg said. A net 14 percent of small-businesxs owners reported that loans were hardetto get, the highest reading since the recession of the earlgy 1980s.