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Small business owner optimism
drops slightly in second quarter.
The Q2 Wells Fargo/Gallup Business Index
Index Reading
Overall Index score is 64,
down 3 points from 67 in Q1
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Great Recession
Pre-recession economy
Slow, cautious recovery
Overall optimism Present situation Future expectations
Small business owners and the 2016 presidential campaign
Are the presidential candidates discussing the issues
most important to you as a small business owner?
69% of small business
owners responded "no"...
...while only 28% responded
"yes", with 3% responding
"don't know".
NO
69%
YES
28%
Campaign Issues
Small business owners indicated that the new president's action
relating to these issues were extremely or very important to them:
Changes in the tax code,
tax regulations and tax rates
for small businesses (83%)
Healthcare and the current
healthcare law (73%)
Terrorism and
national security (67%)
Economic policies that affect
small business owners (77%)
Confidence consumers
have in the economy (69%)
The Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index is calculated from a quarterly survey of 600 small
business owners and measures current and future perceptions of their business financial situ-
ation. More information can be found at https://www.wellsfargoworks.com-q2-small-business-
index-infographic. ©2016 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. ALl rights reserved. Member FDIC.
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