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January 2016
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*26% of small businesses expect to hire in Q1 2016 expect a positive hiring outlook
*66% of businesses expect the number of jobs to stay the same
*11% of businesses say that hiring qualified staff and retaining them is their most pressing problem
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*19% of businesses responded that obtaining credit was difficult-very difficult*5% of businesses say that cash flow and financial stability and cash flow is their most difficult as the company's biggest problem to date*4% of businesses surveyed regarded speculate credit availability as the may be prohibiting company's biggest obstaclegrowth
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*14% experienced difficulty attracting customers in Q1 2016
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*67% of small businesses regard their financial situation as good or very good in Q1 2016
*71% expect their a positive financial situation to be positive future within the next 12 months *8% of small businesses say that the economy is the principle principal problem their business is facing
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*54% of businesses surveyed said they expect firm size to increase
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*40% of businesses reported that they expect their firm's fixed investment expenditures to increase during the next 12 mo.
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*73% of firms reported that they expect their businesses' report an expected sales to increase in within the next 12 moyear
*54% of firms expect their profitability to improve
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