Businesses are confident in Trump's economy – but challenges still loom

Small business owners have been experiencing a ‘record high’ since Trump took office. It wouldn’t be a shock to see this dampening in quarters to come, however

One thing’s for sure: small businesses are definitely feeling optimistic.

Ever since Donald Trump took office in early 2017 there have been dozens of surveys reporting increased confidence among small business owners in the economy. Just last month the National Federation of Independent Businesses said that the confidence level of the small businesses it surveyed were at its second highest level in the 45-year history of their monthly index. A recent CNBC/SurveyMonkey survey also reported “record high” levels of small business confidence in July.

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