Small businesses cautiously optimistic

WFMZ

WHITEHALL, Pa. – Small business confidence has reached its highest point since December 2004, according to a new survey from the National Federation of Independent Business. The NFIB, a conservative leaning organization, does a new survey of members each month. “Small business owners like what they see so far from Washington,” the NFIB President & CEO Juanita Duggan says in an article on the organization’s website. “They can see relief on the horizon, and they are much more optimistic about the future.”

To get a perspective more focused on our area, WFMZ contacted Dr. Kamran Afshar, the Chief Economist for the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce.

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