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Report: Small Businesses Confident Despite Economic Pressure
2+ hour, 3+ min ago (237+ words) NEW YORK " In recognition of National Small Business Week, Small Business Expo released its 2026 State of Small Business Report, based on survey data from 11, 426 U. S. small business owners. Despite ongoing economic uncertainty, 82. 2% of small business owners reported being confident in their…...
Unemployment Rates in Valley Drop in March
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (142+ words) WARREN, Ohio " Unemployment rates in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties were down in March compared with February, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Tuesday. Trumbull County reported the highest rate among the three counties, with a 5. 6% unemployment…...
Ohio's Unemployment Rate Declines in March
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (170+ words) COLUMBUS, Ohio " Ohio's unemployment rate was 4. 1% in March, down from 4. 2% in February, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Friday. Ohio's nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 12, 500 over the month, from a revised 5, 669, 200 in February to 5, 681, 700 in March....
Balancing Industry, Recreation Along the Mahoning
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1599+ words) YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio " Were this 50 years ago, the view facing northwest from the Center Street Bridge in Youngstown would have shown land strewn with massive steel mills hugging the Mahoning River, fed by a network of rail tracks that supplied the…...
Unemployment Rates in Valley Decline in February
1+ week, 6+ day ago (141+ words) WARREN, Ohio " Unemployment rates in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties were down in February compared with January, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Tuesday. Trumbull County reported the highest rate among the three counties, with a 6. 6% unemployment…...
Report: Small-Business Optimism Drops in March
3+ week, 18+ hour ago (241+ words) WASHINGTON " The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index fell 3 points in March to 95. 8, leaving it below its 52-year average of 98." The last time the Optimism Index fell below its historical average was April 2025. The Uncertainty Index rose 4 points from February to…...
Pay Increases Outpaced by Inflation; Ohio Farms Adjust to Rising Costs
3+ week, 4+ day ago (80+ words) Business Journal Daily WARREN, Ohio " Low- to middle-income workers saw nominal wage gains following the COVID-19 pandemic, but inflation has largely offset that progress, according to a report released Thursday by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Just $99/year or…...
Unemployment Rates in Valley Increase in January
3+ week, 6+ day ago (145+ words) WARREN, Ohio " Unemployment rates in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties were up in January compared with December 2025, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Tuesday. Trumbull County reported the highest rate among the three counties, with a 7% unemployment…...
NFIB Report: Main Street Continues Searching for Qualified Applicants
3+ week, 6+ day ago (288+ words) WASHINGTON " NFIB's March Jobs Report shows that the Small Business Employment Index fell 1. 9 points to 101. 6. Despite the decline, the current reading remains above the 2025 average of 101. 2 and the historical average of 100." In March, 32% (seasonally adjusted) of small business owners reported…...
Survey Shows Financial Pressures Easing Slightly
4+ week, 1+ day ago (297+ words) WASHINGTON " A Financial Literacy Month survey conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of the American Institute of CPAs shows financial pressures easing slightly, as the share of Americans delaying decisions for financial reasons in the past year dropped from…...