United States Nfib Business Optimism Index 1975-2018 | Data | Chart

The NFIB's Small Business Optimism Index in the US fell to 107.4 in October of 2018 from 107.9 in September, below market expectations of 108. Still, small business optimism continued its two-year streak of record highs as small businesses continue to support the three percent-plus growth of the economy and add significant numbers of new workers to the employment pool. Owners believe the current period is a good time to expand substantially, are planning to invest in more inventory, and are reporting high sales figures. NFIB Business Optimism Index in the United States averaged 98.22 Index Points from 1975 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 108.80 Index Points in August of 2018 and a record low of 80.10 Index Points in April of 1980.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-09-11	10:00 AM	NFIB Business Optimism Index	108.8	107.9	108.2	103.5
2018-10-09	10:00 AM	NFIB Business Optimism Index	107.9	108.8	108.9	107
2018-11-13	11:00 AM	NFIB Business Optimism Index	107.4	107.9	108.0	107
2018-12-11	11:00 AM	NFIB Business Optimism Index		107.4		107

United States Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	57.70	59.80	77.50	29.40	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	55.70	55.60	57.90	50.70		[+]
Services PMI	54.80	53.50	61.00	49.30	Index Points	[+]
Non Manufacturing PMI	60.30	61.60	62.00	37.60		[+]
Composite Pmi	54.90	53.90	61.00	50.00	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	4.10	5.60	62.00	-33.70	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	0.10	0.20	16.60	-10.40	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	2.70	3.80	67.90	-39.40	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	78.40	78.50	89.39	66.71	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders	0.80	4.60	23.50	-19.00	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense	-0.60	2.50	26.00	-19.70	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Transportation	0.10	0.30	7.50	-6.80	percent	[+]
Factory Orders Ex Transportation	0.40	0.40	4.60	-7.20	percent	[+]
New Orders	515334.00	510466.00	565232.00	223500.00	USD Million	[+]
Factory Orders	0.70	2.60	10.60	-10.00	percent	[+]
Business Inventories	0.30	0.50	1.30	-2.00	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	76.33	-36.81	166.37	-245.13	USD Billion	[+]
Wholesale Inventories	0.40	0.90	2.10	-2.00	percent	[+]
Bankruptcies	22103.00	22245.00	82446.00	19695.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	2007.53	1965.29	2007.53	14.70	USD Billion	[+]
NFIB Business Optimism Index	107.40	107.90	108.80	80.10	Index Points	[+]
Ism New York Index	69.80	72.50	88.80	23.40	percent	[+]
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index	12.90	22.20	58.50	-57.90	Index Points	[+]
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index	23.30	21.10	39.00	-35.10	Index Points	[+]
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	15.00	29.00	29.00	-44.00	Index Points	[+]
Chicago Fed National Activity Index	0.17	0.27	2.77	-5.22		[+]
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index	29.40	28.10	47.10	-60.10	Index Points	[+]
Chicago Pmi	58.40	60.40	81.00	20.70	Index Points	[+]
Car Production	2.64	2.78	9.92	1.29	Million Units	[+]
Car Registrations	443.14	445.58	1149.00	331.50	Thousand	[+]
Total Vehicle Sales	17.57	17.44	21.77	9.05	Million	[+]
Crude Oil Stocks Change	10.27	5.78	14.42	-15.22	BBL/1Million	[+]
Natural Gas Stocks Change	39.00	65.00	147.00	-359.00	Billion cf	[+]
Gasoline Stocks Change	-1411.00	1852.00	11456.00	-8428.00	Thousand Barrels	[+]
Leading Economic Index	124.26	123.89	124.26	46.91	Index Points	[+]
Internet Speed	18747.58	17235.62	18747.58	3609.31	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	128949703.00	127873899.00	146874246.00	89399946.00	IP	[+]
API Crude Oil Stock Change	8.79	7.83	14.30	-12.40	BBL/1Million	[+]
Crude Oil Rigs	888.00	886.00	1609.00	98.00		[+]
Corruption Index	75.00	74.00	78.00	71.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	16.00	18.00	24.00	14.00		[+]
Competitiveness Index	85.64	84.84	85.64	5.42	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	1.00	1.00	7.00	1.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	8.00	6.00	8.00	4.00		[+]
Steel Production	7251.00	7461.00	11951.00	3799.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Mining Production	13.10	15.10	108.20	-28.80	percent	[+]

United States Nfib Business Optimism Index

NFIB Small Business Optimism Index is a composite of ten seasonally adjusted components calculated based on the answers of around 620 NFIB members. This questions include: plans to increase employment, plans to make capital outlays, plans to increase inventories, expect economy to improve, expect real sales higher, current inventory, current job openings, expected credit conditions, now a good time to expand, and earnings trend. This page provides - United States Nfib Business Optimism Index - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United States Nfib Business Optimism Index - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2018.