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U.S. Small-Business Owners Slightly More Optimistic in April
U.S. small-business owners became slightly more optimistic in April, with the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index rising to +16, from +9 in January. Owners rate their cash flows at their best levels in nearly five years.
Healthcare Coverage Still Uneven Across U.S. Metro Areas
The percentage of Americans lacking health insurance coverage continued to vary widely across U.S. metro areas in 2012, from 4% in Burlington, Vt., and the Boston-Cambridge area to 49% in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas.
How Builder Talent Diversity on Teams Enhances Business Outcomes
Learn about recent Gallup research into builder talent diversity on teams and how the findings point to improved business outcomes for more diversely talented teams.
Boulder Remains Least Obese U.S. Metro Area
Boulder, Colo., remains the U.S. metro area with the lowest obesity rate in the U.S. for the third year in a row, at 12.5% in 2012. Obesity remains highest in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, at 38.5%.
Migration Index Reveals a Country's Magnetism
World leaders often judge themselves on their job approval ratings, their ability to govern, and whether they are re-elected. While those views are important, they're rooted in the assumption that the citizens who judge them are exactly that . . ...
More U.S. Small Businesses Plan to Increase Capital Spending
The proportion of U.S. small-business owners who plan to increase their company's capital spending over the next 12 months (28%) is the highest in four years, according to the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index.
U.S. Small Businesses Struggle to Find Qualified Employees
In spite of today's slow economy and high unemployment rate, 53% of U.S. small-business owners report having difficulty finding the qualified employees they need, according to the January Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index poll.
More U.S. Small Businesses Cutting Workers Than Hiring
More U.S. small-business owners say they let employees go than hired them on average over the past 12 months, for a net hiring index of -10 in January, according to the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index.
Healthcare Costs, Taxes Worry U.S. Small Businesses Most
More than half of U.S. small-business owners say healthcare costs and taxes are hurting their businesses "a lot," more than say the same about six other issues tested in a January Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business survey.
U.S. Small-Business Owners Pull Back Capital Spending Plans
U.S. small-business owners' net capital spending intentions for the next 12 months plunged to -14 in November, the lowest level in more than two years, according to the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index.