business confidence

The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) issued the following statement on June's employment data, which showed an anemic 18,000 jobs gain.  The U.S. Department of Labor also reported a downward revision (-44,000) in the job numbers for April and May. "The jobs numbers are not surprising given low business confidence, increased government costs, increased health coverage and energy costs and the fact that small business owners are not generating enough new or sustained … [Read more...] about SBE Responding to Low Job Numbers