Why aren't small businesses making capital investments? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFIB Index that shows small businesses are not ready to invest their capital or borrowed funds due to uncertainty about the economy.

Small business optimism has improved, but still is not high. Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFB Small Business Index that shows an increased optimism, but still barely above recession levels.

Why aren't small businesses borrowing money to grow? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with NFIB's Small Business Index that shows a slight uptick in hiring, but still not interest in borrowing money to grow.

Small business optimism is still languishing in a deficit. Dr. Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with his NFIB Index that indicates small business owners are only slightly more optimistic than last month, but still below expansion levels.

Small businesses are still in a maintenance growth mode. Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with his NFIB Optimism Index that shows small businesses are still not hiring, investing, or able to raise prices.

Will 2013 economy be any better than 2012? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with his NFIB Optimism Index and his prediction that the 2013 economy will continue the moribund 2% growth of the past four years..

Small business optimism continues to be low. Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFIB Optimism Index that shows small business sentiment is still at recession levels, and some of the factors that are causing this..

Small business hiring is at record lows. Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFIB Index that shows small businesses hiring is at recession levels, plus 80% of those who want to hire cannot find qualified applicants.

Small businesses report slow sales and not interest in making investments. Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFIB Index that shows small businesses need more sales and are not interested in making capital investments..

The small business sector did not like the results of November 6 election. Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the November NFIB Index, which showed small business optimism at a new low, based on the economy, the election and the fiscal cliff..