actually an increase in the number of people that thought they might be in a position to hire in the next six months. very good to see some improving results. now, more than half of the business leaders that you surveyed reported that they are concerned about a double dip recession. that is sort of two edges of the same sword. is this fear of a double dip
overall level of their business optimism and perspective on own businesses improving and actually an increase in the number of people that thought they might be in a position to hire in the next six months. very good to see some improving results. now, more than half of the business leaders that you surveyed reported that they are concerned about a double dip recession. that is sort of two edges of the same sword. is this fear of a double dip preventing small businesses frog more people right now? i think one of the reasons that we saw some improvement in their optimism was a reduction in some of the uncertainties. but those uncertainties have not completely gone away, and there still remains, i think, widespread concern about the fragility of the recovery, where some government policy and tax requirements may be going, the impact of health care, what s
your report is more optimistic than i would have expected? well, good morning. thank you. it s nice to get some good news for a change, isn t it? we conduct this survey quarterly in our most recent survey, in all three major areas we asked the participants, we got an improvement in their optimism. the overall level of the business optimism, the perspective on their own businesses improving and actually an increase in the number of people that thought they might be in a position to hire in the next six months. very good to see some improving results. now more than half the business leaders that you surveyed reported they re concerned about a double dip recession. that s sort of two edges of the same sword. is this fear of a double dip preventing small and medium sized businesses from hiring more people right now? well, i think one of the reasons that we saw some improvement in their optimism was a reduction in some of the