Three Public Data Sets That Business Owners Should Be Reading Every Month
BLS regional employment figures, Census household formation data, and FRED interest rate series offer operators a sharper read on local conditions than most paid forecasts.
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Consumer Sentiment Stays Murky, but Discretionary Spending Splits Along Income Lines
University of Michigan and Conference Board data point in different directions, and the real story is in which income brackets are still opening their wallets.
Wholesale Energy Costs Are Eating Into Small Business Operating Budgets, and Relief Is Not Imminent
Electricity and natural gas prices remain elevated at the wholesale level, and the pass-through to small operators is showing up in quarterly budget reviews across multiple sectors.