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NFIB Thanks Congress for Passing Landmark Small Business Tax Relief Bill (07/03/2025)

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 3, 2025) – The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, applauds Congress for passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes a permanent extension of the 20% Small Business Tax Deduction, achieving NFIB’s top legislative priority to stop the small business tax hike.

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Business Climate

NEW NFIB SURVEY: Small Business Optimism Remains Steady in June (07/08/2025)

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 8, 2025) – The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index remained steady in June, edging down 0.2 of a point to 98.6, slightly above the 51-year average of 98. A substantial increase in respondents reporting excess inventories contributed the most to the decline in the index. The Uncertainty Index decreased by five points from May to 89. Nineteen percent of small business owners reported taxes as their single most important problem, up one point from May and ranking as the top problem again. The last time taxes reached 19 percent was in July 2021.

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Wages and Benefits

NFIB Jobs Report: Labor Shortages Continue to Constrain Small Business Job Growth (05/01/2025)

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 1, 2025) – NFIB’s April jobs report found that 34% (seasonally adjusted) of small business owners reported job openings they could not fill in April, down six points from March, the lowest since January 2021.

“Small business owners remained open to hire and grow their workforce in April,” said Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg. “While the percent of open positions decreased a bit, Main Street firms are still struggling to find qualified applicants for their plentiful open positions.”

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