Small Business Economy: A Report to the President, 2010

摘要

This is the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy's 2010 edition of The Small Business Economy: A Report to the President. This report details the challenging economic conditions small businesses faced in a difficult year for the economy in 2009. The good news is that by the end of the year, extraordinary actions taken by the federal government were beginning to be felt in the small business economy. Although many Americans were still being adversely affected by the difficult economic conditions, the 18-month-long recession ended in June 2009. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the U.S. economy began growing again in the third quarter. In 2009, there were signs that entrepreneurs were again looking ahead toward new opportunities for small business growth. Surveys by private sector organizations began to find more optimism among entrepreneurs in late 2009. During 2009, the Office of Advocacy conducted new research documenting the importance of entrepreneurship in the American economy and highlighted policy issues of relevance to small firms.