"You can't mandate something that people can't afford, " says Todd Stottlemyer, president of the NFIB.
According to an NFIB survey of small businesses, that's exactly what's happening at present.
For its part, the NFIB has shown its willingness to make concessions to push health care legislation forward.
Moreover, the employment component of the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index recovered to a five month high in May.
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The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) conducts monthly surveys of a random sample of its 350, 000 members.
Twenty state attorneys general, along with the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), have filed suit challenging the constitutionally of the mandate.
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Consumer confidence (Conference Board) and small business optimism (NFIB) both are down.
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The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) just released a survey showing rising optimism but unfortunately the measure is still mired in recession territory.
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U.S. economic data due for release Tuesday includes the NFIB small business index, and the weekly Goldman Sachs and Johnson Redbook retail sales reports.
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U.S. small business confidence, as measured by the NFIB, declined to 89.9 in July from 90.8 in June, marking a fifth consecutive month of declines.
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In the NFIB's latest survey of its members, conducted in September, only 4% saw financing as their biggest problem, compared with 32% citing weak sales.
Retail sales have been rising, the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index has been rising, consumer confidence indexes have been rising, and inflation remains under control.
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The NFIB said the net change in employment per firm over the past three months remained negative but improved to -0.04 in July, from -0.11 in June.
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The Court did not take this extra step, but as the case moves forward, NFIB will continue to contend that without the mandate the entire law will crumble.
U.S. economic data due for release Tuesday includes the Manpower quarterly U.S. employment survey, the NFIB small business optimism index, and the weekly Goldman Sachs and Johnson Redbook retail sales reports.
Small businesses are hampered less by a lack of loans than a shortage of customers, argues Bill Dunkelberg, chief economist of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), a trade group.
Surveys by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and the Kauffman Foundation during the financial crisis indicated that lack of customer demand and not credit availability was business owners' paramount concern.
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U.S. economic data due for release Tuesday includes the NFIB index of small business optimism, the weekly Goldman Sachs and Johnson Redbook retail sales reports, wholesale trade and the IMF world economic outlook.
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Eleven percent of owners added an average 3 workers per firm over the past several months, but a similar percentage reduced employment by an average of 2.9 workers per firm, the NFIB said.
Small-business optimism is limping along and is consistent with sub-par GDP performance and employment growth, according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and its most recent monthly review of trends.
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Seasonally adjusted, 12 percent of the owners added an average of 3.1 workers per firm over the past few months, but 11 percent reduced employment an average of 3.9 workers per firm, the NFIB said.
According to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) (an organization of 350, 000 member firms), 11 percent of members reported profits rising quarter over quarter, but 40 percent reported declines ( December survey).
This time around, though, both the NFIB and the more moderate National Small Business Association (60, 000 members) say they're willing to put the task of fixing a broken U.S. health care system ahead of partisan politics.
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