Small-business optimism rises amid tariff uncertainty
Optimism among tiny businesses roseate past month, with respondents reporting amended concern conditions, contempt uncertainty astir tariffs and inflation. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) said connected Tuesday that its Small Business Optimism Index went up 1.7 points successful July to 100.3, conscionable supra the index’s semipermanent mean of 98. The factors that contributed…