Startup entity
Every one of those 1 sits in a single category, market-trends. Small Business Owners is the most frequent co-covered peer, appearing in 1 of the 1 tracked story. Their average consequence score of 5 runs below the beat's 6.3 for that window.
Last mentioned: Mar 10, 2026
Entity pulse
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Every one of those 1 sits in a single category, market-trends. Small Business Owners is the most frequent co-covered peer, appearing in 1 of the 1 tracked story. Their average consequence score of 5 runs below the beat's 6.3 for that window. They are better corroborated than the beat average, carrying 3 original sources each against 2.3 for the same window. NFIB appears in 1 tracked Startup story from March 10, 2026.
Computed from the 1 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 34 Startup stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.
Coverage cohort
Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering NFIB. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.
The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index remained stagnant in early 2026, reflecting a tug-of-war between improved bottom-line profitability and deteriorating expectations for future sales. While internal efficiencies are driving margins, small business owners remain wary of macroeconomic headwinds including volatile energy costs and labor market pressures.
NFIB is linked from 1 story on this site, each scored at or above our 35% relevance threshold — see how these pages are built.
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