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U.S. NFIB Small Business Optimism

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May 13, 2025

Actual

95.8

Forecast

94.9

97.4

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index is a composite of ten seasonally adjusted components. It comprises survey results from amongst the organisation's members. In providing an indication of the health of small businesses in the U.S., it is important to watch as roughly 50% of the nation's private workforce work for small businesses. A reading that is stronger than forecast is generally supportive (bullish) for the USD, while a weaker than forecast reading is generally negative (bearish) for the USD.

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Source: National Federation of Indepen...

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Jun 10, 2025 (May)	12:00			95.8
May 13, 2025 (Apr)	12:00	95.8	94.9	97.4
Apr 08, 2025 (Mar)	12:00	97.4	98.9	100.7
Mar 11, 2025 (Feb)	12:00	100.7	100.9	102.8
Feb 11, 2025 (Jan)	13:00	102.8	104.6	105.1
Jan 14, 2025 (Dec)	13:00	105.1	101.3	101.7

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Analysis

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