Comments on: Small Business Optimism Index Shows a Positive Sign, Finally

By: Beverley Hall

Beverley Hall — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:31:12 +0000

This recent recession has been a strange creature. Many of the small business owners I meet have never been busier and most our straining at the leash to get the economy back on track. The only thing that I have seen getting in their way have been the banks and their nit-picking over business venture loans.

If I’m optimistic about something it has to be that in future we will undoubtably create a diffirent method of raising capital.

By: Martin Lindeskog

Martin Lindeskog — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:27:17 +0000

Arthur,

Sorry for now writing it out. PMI stands for Purchasing Managers’ Index. If you are interested in this index and how you could use it, please read my post, Do You Want To Keep Up With The Business Cycle? on Open Forum. Click on “Martin Lindeskog” Says: link.

By: Arthur Bland

Arthur Bland — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:21:17 +0000

What’s PMI Martin?

By: Martin Lindeskog

Martin Lindeskog — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:58:49 +0000

Interesting to see that the index is getting stronger. I have to check how it correlates to the PMI.

By: Arthur Bland

Arthur Bland — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:00:01 +0000

Donald, I agree with you. It’s contagious! That is why, we share this kind of news to more people because the more they will become optimistic as well.

By: Terry Neese

Terry Neese — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:26:55 +0000

While small business owners may be optimistic about the potentially recovering economy, it still doesn’t mean that we’re out of the woods just yet. We must continue to push for policies that favor small businesses! We must continue to push for greater workplace flexibility, for portable health insurance, for small businesses to band together across state lines to purchase health insurance and so much more. In essence, we must push for policies that allow small businesses to start and grow. Small businesses are the backbone of the U.S. economy and are where innovation lives!

By: Donald Cranford

Donald Cranford — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:05:49 +0000

I’m hearing similar things. Optimism really is contagious…

By: Arthur Bland

Arthur Bland — Tue, 19 May 2009 02:26:31 +0000

Good to see this ‘little’ optimism index. I too am positive that hopefully we are going towards full recovery. It may be a slow progress but it counts the most.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:07:58 +0000

I’d have to agree with Ted in that it seems many feel things aren’t good, but they aren’t getting any worse either – so maybe the eye of the storm has moved through.

This too shall pass and I agree that there’s something positive to come from it after it has. When things go down, the only other way to go is up.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:37:15 +0000

That’s good news to me. Any step in the right direction is a good thing. I do believe that we are cresting over the giant economic mountain and hopefully can breath a sigh of relief. All around me, it seems like people are spending a little more money and are feeling at least a little better about the economy.