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Health Costs, Gov't Regulations Curb Small Business Hiring
Nearly half of small-business owners who are not currently hiring point to potential healthcare costs (48%) and government regulations (46%), in addition to concerns about weak revenues and the status of the U.S. economy, as reasons.
Small Business Hiring Intentions Best Since January 2008
More U.S. small-business owners intend to increase (22%) than decrease (8%) the number of jobs at their company in the next year, the biggest margin in four years, according to the new Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index survey.
Gov't Regulations at Top of Small-Business Owners' Problem List
Small-business owners in the United States are most likely to say complying with government regulations is the most important problem facing them today, according to a new Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index poll. One in three small-business ...
Small-Business Owners' Revenue and Hiring Expectations Down
Small-business owners turned less optimistic about future revenues and new hiring even prior to the events affecting the economy in recent weeks and the plunge in Americans' economic confidence, according to the Wells Fargo-Gallup Small Business ...
U.S. Subgroups Say Economy, Jobs Are Most Important Problem
The economy and unemployment nearly tied in Americans' perceptions of the nation's "most important problem" during the first five months of 2011. Moreover, the two issues ranked either first or second among all major U.S. subgroups, including by ...
Republicans More Unified Than Democrats on Abortion
Roughly two-thirds of Republicans across most major gender, age, educational, and income lines describe themselves as "pro-life," while about a quarter call themselves "pro-choice." By contrast, Democrats' support for the "pro-choice" label ...
Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index Now Live in the UK
Gallup and Healthways in January turned on their Well-Being Index in the United Kingdom. With three months of daily surveys now collected, the companies today shared the inaugural findings.
Many Small Businesses Hiring Fewer Workers Than Needed
Half of small-business owners (51%) hired new workers in 2010, according to the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index survey. However, of these, 42% hired fewer new employees than they needed -- likely a major reason job growth was so anemic ...
Small-Business Owners' Optimism Surges in November
Even prior to the extension of the Bush tax cuts, small-business owners turned significantly more optimistic in November, as the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index surged 24 points. The index remains negative at -4, but expectations for the ...
Introducing Our New Blog "Thrive"
A huge part of what we're doing at Gallup revolves around the topic of well-being. With the behavioral economic data we're collecting every day around the world, we're working to help leaders better understand what makes a healthy, happy, and ...