The Housing Chronicles Blog: June Small Business Optimism Index fell 0.9 points, little euphoria for rest of 2017

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

June Small Business Optimism Index fell 0.9 points, little euphoria for rest of 2017

The Index of Small Business Optimism fell 0.9 points to 103.6, but sustained the surge in optimism that started the day after the election. The Index peaked at 105.9 in January and has dropped 2.3 points to date, no doubt in part due to the mess in Washington, D.C.

Progress is being made, but poorly communicated, and the biggest issues, healthcare and tax reform remain stuck in the bowels of Washington politics. Economic growth in the first half of this year will be about the same as we have experienced for the past three or four years, no real progress. There isn’t much euphoria in the outlook for the second half of the year.

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