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1 NFIB SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC TRENDS William C. Dunkelberg Holly Wade January 215 Based on a Survey of Small and Independent Business Owners SMALL BUSINESS OPTIMISM INDEX COMPONENTS Index Component Seasonally Adjusted Level Change from Last Month Contribution to Index Change Plans to Increase Employment 14% -1 * Plans to Make Capital Outlays 26% -3 1% Plans to Increase Inventories 2% -3 1% Expect Economy to Improve % % Expect Real Sales Higher 16% -4 14% Current Inventory -1% 2-1% Current Job Openings 26% 1 * Expected Credit Conditions -5% Now a Good Time to Expand 13% -3 1% Earnings Trends -19% -4 14% Total Change -27 1% (Column 1 is the current reading; column 2 is the change from the prior month; column 3 the percent of the total change accounted for by each component; * is under 1 percent and not a meaningful calculation)
2 NFIB SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC TRENDS NFIB Research Foundation has collected Small Business Economic Trends Data with Quarterly surveys since 1973 and monthly surveys since The sample is drawn from the membership files of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). Each was mailed a questionnaire and one reminder. Subscriptions for twelve monthly SBET issues are $25. Historical and unadjusted data are available, along with a copy of the questionnaire, from the NFIB Research Foundation. You may reproduce Small Business Economic Trends items if you cite the publication name and date and note it is a copyright of the NFIB Research Foundation. NFIB Research Foundation. ISBS # Chief Economist William C. Dunkelberg and Senior Policy Analyst Holly Wade are responsible for the report. IN THIS ISSUE Summary Commentary Optimism Outlook Earnings Sales Prices Employment Compensation Credit Conditions Inventories Capital Outlays Most Important Problem Survey Profile Economic Survey
3 SUMMARY OPTIMISM INDEX The Small Business Optimism Index fell 2.5 points to 97.9, giving back the December gain that took the Index over 1. Still, the Index indicates that the small business sector is operating in a somewhat normal zone. Seven components fell, one was unchanged and 2 rose a bit. Most of the decline was accounted for by expected business conditions (43 percent of the decline), expected real sales (14 percent) and earnings (14 percent). The good news was the increase in the percent of owners reporting hard to fill openings and the drop of only 1 point in the net percent of owners planning job creation from December s very good number. LABOR MARKETS The percent of owners reporting job creation fell 4 percentage points to a net 5 percent of owners, still a solid number. Thirteen percent report increasing employment an average of 3.1 workers while 8 percent reduced their workforce by an average of 3.2 workers. Forty-eight percent reported hiring or trying to hire (down 6 points), but 42 percent reported few or no qualified applicants for the positions they were trying to fill. Fourteen percent reported using temporary workers, unchanged. Twenty-six percent of all owners reported job openings they could not fill in the current period, up 1 point and a very solid reading. The net percent of owners planning to create new jobs gave up 1 point from December s excellent reading, providing evidence that the December number was not a fluke. A net 14 percent planning to create new jobs is a strong reading. CAPITAL SPENDING Fifty-nine percent reported outlays, down 1 point from December but the second strongest reading since the fourth quarter of 27. The percent of owners planning capital outlays in the next 3 to 6 months fell 3 points to 26, the second best reading for this expansion but still weak historically. The net percent of owners expecting better business conditions in six months dropped 12 points to a net percent, wiping out the euphoria of November and December. A net 16 percent of all owners expect improved real sales volumes, down 4 points. Still good readings for this expansion, but historically not so hot. PROFITS AND WAGES Earnings trends worsened by 4 percentage points, reaching a net negative 19 percent. Labor costs continue to put pressure on the bottom line but energy prices are down a lot. Two percent reported reduced worker compensation and 25 percent reported raising compensation, yielding a seasonally adjusted net 25 percent reporting higher compensation, unchanged from December. A seasonally adjusted net 12 percent plan to raise compensation in the coming months (down 5 points). This survey was conducted in January 215. A sample of 1,799 small-business owners/members was drawn. One thousand six hundred and sixty-three (1,663) usable responses were received a response rate of 15 percent. 1 NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly Report
4 SUMMARY INVENTORIES AND SALES After surging in December, the net percent of all owners (seasonally adjusted) reporting higher nominal sales in the past 3 months compared to the prior 3 months retreated 5 points, falling to a net negative 3 percent. Thirteen percent cited weak sales as their top business problem, up 2 points. Expected real sales volumes posted a 4 point decline, falling to a net 16 percent of owners expecting gains, still a decent reading. The pace of inventory change shifted to a positive position, with a net 2 percent of all owners reporting growth in inventories (seasonally adjusted). The net percent of owners viewing current inventory stocks as too low improved 2 points to a net negative 1 percent, historically a fairly satisfied reading. Not surprisingly, the net percent of owners planning to add to inventory stocks fell 3 points to a net 2 percent. INFLATION Seasonally adjusted, the net percent of owners raising selling prices was a net 3 percent, a very tame reading. There are no inflation pressures coming from Main Street. Seasonally adjusted, a net 19 percent plan price hikes (down 3 points). A stronger economy will allow owners to actually realize their plans to raise prices, but so far, reports of actual price hikes suggest that markets will not yet support higher prices. CREDIT MARKETS Four percent of owners reported that all their credit needs were not met, holding at the historic low. Thirty-two percent reported all credit needs met, and 52 percent explicitly said they did not want a loan. Only 2 percent reported that financing was their top business problem (1 point above the record low) compared to 21 percent citing taxes, 22 percent citing regulations and red tape and 13 percent citing weak sales. Eleven percent complained about the availability of qualified labor. 2 NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly Report Thirty-three percent of all owners reported borrowing on a regular basis, unchanged from December. The average rate paid on short maturity loans increased 2 basis points to 5.3 percent. Loan demand remained historically weak. The improved optimism and plans to hire and spend have not triggered an increase in owners willingness to borrow and make a bet on the future. The net percent of owners expecting credit conditions to ease in the coming months was negative 5 percent, unchanged from December. Interest rates are low, prospects for putting borrowed money profitably to work seem to be improving but loan demand remains weak among small business owners. The Federal Reserve did all it could to improve the markets view of existing cash flows (creating record high financial asset prices) but did little to contribute to better cash flows for most of America s firms.
5 COMMENTARY In spite of the rather poor state of government economic policy, the private sector is managing to push ahead. GDP growth in Q4 was initially reported at 2.6 percent, revisions seem to be all positive these days. The data collection is running behind the economy. The revisions to November and December jobs numbers were absurdly large. Why investors pay attention is a mystery, the market just likes to bet on something. The acceleration in growth follows the Federal Reserve s termination of the quantitative easing buying sprees. The Fed has taken interest rates down far enough to be more than attractive, but growth prospects (cash flow, profits) are only mediocre. Money isn t cheap if it can t be deployed profitably. Buying a trillion dollars of bonds doesn t produce jobs, the Fed has proved that. And the wealth effect from higher stock and bond prices did little to move the economy. Long term rates on Treasury securities will remain low as long as the Fed continues to hoard trillions of dollars in Treasury bonds and the deficit remains low (fewer bonds issued by the Treasury). There is a strong demand for low risk and risk free assets. Treasuries are the best, and so demand for them will keep interest rates low. While the Administration wants to raise taxes and make it harder to exploit our energy assets (no Keystone, attempts to take Alaska out of the energy business), the private sector has pushed the economy forward, even delivering a nice reduction in energy costs. If gas is $1 lower in cost for a year, the improvement to disposable income is over $1 billion. However, the rapid decline in oil prices will create a lot of instability in employment and capital spending as drilling is down substantially in the U.S. And countries depending on oil revenue to run their governments are in serious trouble. The average work week in manufacturing is over 4 hours now. Small manufacturers continue to do well with strong job creation plans and plentiful job openings. Apparently the IRS wants to be a job creator as well, asking for over 9, new positions in the budget to enforce Obamacare regulations. Their work will count as additional GDP, more workers working on taking something rather than producing a useful service or product. Overall, job creation plans were solid across the board, but especially in Construction, Professional Services, and Manufacturing with the help of strong car sales including the bestselling luxury car defined as $5, or higher in price, Ford s F15 truck. Currently, it appears that the level of cooperation between Congress and the President remains low, so prospects of addressing the top issues for small business owners are not good. The U.S. is about the only functioning major economy, so it s good to be here even if prospects aren t as rosy as they could be with a normalization of monetary, fiscal and regulatory policies. The small business sector is contributing more to growth now, but still far below its potential. Policy remains a growth deterrent. 3 NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly Report
6 OVERVIEW - SMALL BUSINESS OPTIMISM OPTIMISM INDEX Based on Ten Survey Indicators (Seasonally Adjusted 1986=1) 11 Index Value (1986=1) OPTIMISM INDEX Based on Ten Survey Indicators (Seasonally Adjusted 1986=1) SMALL BUSINESS OUTLOOK 4 NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly Report Percent "Good Time to Expand" (thick line) OUTLOOK Good Time to Expand and Expected General Business Conditions January Quarter 1974 January Quarter Percent "Better" Minus "Worse" Expected General Business Conditions (thin line)
7 SMALL BUSINESS OUTLOOK (CONTINUED) OUTLOOK FOR EXPANSION Percent Next Three Months Good Time to Expand MOST IMPORTANT REASON FOR EXPANSION OUTLOOK Reason Percent by Expansion Outlook January 215 Reason Good Time Not Good Time Uncertain Economic Conditions Sales Prospects Fin. & Interest Rates Cost of Expansion 5 5 Political Climate Other/Not Available 5 4 OUTLOOK FOR GENERAL BUSINESS CONDITIONS Net Percent ( Better Minus Worse ) Six Months From Now NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly Report
8 SMALL BUSINESS EARNINGS EARNINGS Actual Last Three Months January Quarter 1974 to January Quarter Net Percent ACTUAL EARNINGS CHANGES Net Percent ( Higher Minus Lower ) Last Three Months Compared to Prior Three Months NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly Report MOST IMPORTANT REASON FOR LOWER EARNINGS Percent Reason January 215 Reason Current Month One Year Ago Two Years Ago Sales Volume Increased Costs* Cut Selling Prices Usual Seasonal Change Other * Increased costs include labor, materials, finance, taxes, and regulatory costs.
9 SMALL BUSINESS SALES SALES Actual (Prior Three Months) and Expected (Subsequent Three Months) January 1974 to January 215 Net Percent Expected -3 Actual ACTUAL SALES CHANGES Net Percent ( Higher Minus Lower ) Last Three Months Compared to Prior Three Months SALES EXPECTATIONS Net Percent ( Higher Minus Lower ) During Next Three Months NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly Report
10 SMALL BUSINESS PRICES Net Percent PRICES Actual Last Three Months and Planned Next Three Months January Quarter 1974 to January Quarter Actual Planned ACTUAL PRICE CHANGES Net Percent ( Higher Minus Lower ) Compared to Three Months Ago NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly Report PRICE PLANS Net Percent ( Higher Minus Lower ) in the Next Three Months
11 SMALL BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT CHANGES Net Percent ( Increase Minus Decrease ) in the Last Three Months QUALIFIED APPLICANTS FOR JOB OPENINGS Percent Few or No Qualified Applicants Percent EMPLOYMENT Planned Next Three Months and Current Job Openings January Quarter 1974 to January Quarter 215 Planned Job Openings NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly Report
12 SMALL BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT (CONTINUED) JOB OPENINGS Percent With Positions Not Able to Fill Right Now HIRING PLANS Net Percent ( Increase Minus Decrease ) in the Next Three Months NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly Report Net Percent SMALL BUSINESS COMPENSATION COMPENSATION Actual Last Three Months and Planned Next Three Months January 1986 to January 215 Planned Higher Actual Higher
13 SMALL BUSINESS COMPENSATION (CONTINUED) ACTUAL COMPENSATION CHANGES Net Percent ( Increase Minus Decrease ) During Last Three Months COMPENSATION PLANS Net Percent ( Increase Minus Decrease ) in the Next Three Months Prices (Thick Line) PRICES AND LABOR COMPENSATION Net Percent Price Increase and Net Percent Compensation Increase Labor Compensation (Thin Line) 11 NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly Report
14 SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT CONDITIONS Net Percent CREDIT CONDITIONS Loan Availability Compared to Three Months Ago* January Quarter 1974 to January Quarter * For the population borrowing at least once every three months. REGULAR BORROWERS Percent Borrowing at Least Once Every Three Months NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly Report AVAILABILITY OF LOANS Net Percent ( Easier Minus Harder ) Compared to Three Months Ago (Regular Borrowers)
15 SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT CONDITIONS (CONTINUED) BORROWING NEEDS SATISFIED Percent of All Businesses Last Three Months Satisfied/ Percent of All Businesses Last Three Months Not Satisfied (Borrowers Only) 21 27/11 29/9 29/11 28/9 28/8 25/1 27/9 27/9 27/9 26/9 25/9 28/ /8 29/8 28/7 28/8 28/8 25/9 28/8 28/7 29/8 28/9 3/7 29/ /7 31/7 27/8 31/8 29/9 29/7 3/7 31/7 32/8 28/8 28/6 29/ /6 29/7 29/7 31/6 28/5 29/5 3/5 31/5 28/6 28/6 32/4 32/ /5 29/5 3/5 3/5 3/5 27/6 3/6 28/4 28/6 29/4 29/4 32/ /4 EXPECTED CREDIT CONDITIONS Net Percent ( Easier Minus Harder ) During Next Three Months (Regular Borrowers) Relative (thick line) INTEREST RATES Relative Rates and Actual Rates Last Three Months January Quarter 1974 to January Quarter Actual (thin line) 13 NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly Report
16 SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT CONDITIONS (CONTINUED) RELATIVE INTEREST RATE PAID BY REGULAR BORROWERS* Net Percent ( Higher Minus Lower ) Compared to Three Months Ago *Borrowing at Least Once Every Three Months. ACTUAL INTEREST RATE PAID ON SHORT-TERM LOANS BY BORROWERS Average Interest Rate Paid NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly Report Net Percent SMALL BUSINESS INVENTORIES INVENTORIES Actual (Last Three Months) and Planned (Next Three Months) January Quarter 1974 to January Quarter 215 Actual Planned
17 SMALL BUSINESS INVENTORIES (CONTINUED) ACTUAL INVENTORY CHANGES Net Percent ( Increase Minus Decrease ) During Last Three Months INVENTORY SATISFACTION Net Percent ( Too Low Minus Too Large ) at Present Time INVENTORY PLANS Net Percent ( Increase Minus Decrease ) in the Next Three to Six Months NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly Report
18 SMALL BUSINESS CAPITAL OUTLAYS INVENTORY SATISFACTION AND INVENTORY PLANS Net Percent ( Too Low Minus Too Large ) at Present Time Net Percent Planning to Add Inventories in the Next Three to Six Months Percent -5-1 Satisfaction Plans CAPITAL EXPENDITURES Actual Last Six Months and Planned Next Three Months January Quarter 1974 to January Quarter Percent 4 2 Actual Plans NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly Report ACTUAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES Percent Making a Capital Expenditure During the Last Six Months
19 SMALL BUSINESS CAPITAL OUTLAYS (CONTINUED) TYPE OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES MADE Percent Purchasing or Leasing During Last Six Months Type Current One Year Ago Two Years Ago Vehicles Equipment Furniture or Fixtures Add. Bldgs. or Land Improved Bldgs. or Land AMOUNT OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES MADE Percent Distribution of Per Firm Expenditures During the Last Six Months Amount Current One Year Ago Two Years Ago $1 to $ $1, to $4, $5, to $9, $1, to $49, $5, to $99, $1, No Answer CAPITAL EXPENDITURE PLANS Percent Planning a Capital Expenditure During Next Three to Six Months NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly Report
20 SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM Problem SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM January 215 Current One Year Ago Survey High Survey Low Taxes Inflation Poor Sales Fin. & Interest Rates Cost of Labor Govt. Reqs. & Red Tape Comp. From Large Bus Quality of Labor Cost/Avail. of Insurance Other SELECTED SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM 4 Insurance, Big Business Competition, Inflation, and Regulation January Quarter 1974 to January Quarter 215 Big Business Insurance 3 Inflation Regulation Percent of Firms NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly Report Percent of Firms SELECTED SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM Sales, Fin. & Interest Rates, Labor Cost, Labor Quality, and Taxes January Quarter 1974 to January Quarter 215 Taxes Interest Rates Sales Labor Quality
21 SURVEY PROFILE OWNER/MEMBERS PARTICIPATING IN ECONOMIC SURVEY NFIB Actual Number of Firms Percent NFIB OWNER/MEMBERS PARTICIPATING IN ECONOMIC SURVEY Industry of Small Business Percent NFIB OWNER/MEMBERS PARTICIPATING IN ECONOMIC SURVEY Number of Full and Part-Time Employees 19 NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly Report
22 NFIB RESEARCH FOUNDATION SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC SURVEY SMALL BUSINESS SURVEY QUESTIONS PAGE IN REPORT Do you think the next three months will be a good time for small business to expand substantially? Why? About the economy in general, do you think that six months from now general business conditions will be better than they are now, about the same, or worse? Were your net earnings or income (after taxes) from your business during the last calendar quarter higher, lower, or about the same as they were for the quarter before? If higher or lower, what is the most important reason? During the last calendar quarter, was your dollar sales volume higher, lower, or about the same as it was for the quarter before? Overall, what do you expect to happen to real volume (number of units) of goods and/or services that you will sell during the next three months? How are your average selling prices compared to three months ago? In the next three months, do you plan to change the average selling prices of your goods and/or services? During the last three months, did the total number of employees in your firm increase, decrease, or stay about the same? NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly Report If you have filled or attempted to fill any job openings in the past three months, how many qualified applicants were there for the position(s)? Do you have any job openings that you are not able to fill right now? In the next three months, do you expect to increase or decrease the total number of people working for you? Over the past three months, did you change the average employee compensation? Do you plan to change average employee compensation during the next three months?
23 SMALL BUSINESS SURVEY QUESTIONS PAGE IN REPORT Are loans easier or harder to get than they were three months ago? During the last three months, was your firm able to satisfy its borrowing needs? Do you expect to find it easier or harder to obtain your required financing during the next three months? If you borrow money regularly (at least once every three months) as part of your business activity, how does the rate of interest payable on your most recent loan compare with that paid three months ago? If you borrowed within the last three months for business purposes, and the loan maturity (pay back period) was 1 year or less, what interest rate did you pay? During the last three months, did you increase or decrease your inventories? At the present time, do you feel your inventories are too large, about right, or inadequate? Looking ahead to the next three months to six months, do you expect, on balance, to add to your inventories, keep them about the same, or decrease them? During the last six months, has your firm made any capital expenditures to improve or purchase equipment, buildings, or land? If [your firm made any capital expenditures], what was the total cost of all these projects? Looking ahead to the next three to six months, do you expect to make any capital expenditures for plant and/or physical equipment? What is the single most important problem facing your business today? Please classify your major business activity, using one of the categories of example below How many employees do you have full and part-time, including yourself? NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Monthly Report
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