U.S. small-business owners’ optimism about their businesses continues to grow, with the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index rising slightly to +47 in the second quarter of 2014, up from +45 in the first quarter. The index is now at its highest level since 2008, although it is still significantly lower than in the pre-recession years from 2003 through 2007. CONT.
Frank Newport, Gallup