SALEM â Oregon small-business owners are more optimistic about the future than they have been at any point since the pandemic began.
Nearly three-quarters of Oregon businesses expect theyâll be back to ânormalâ operations in six months or sooner, according to the latest tally of a weekly survey by the U.S. Census Bureau. Thatâs twice as many as last August.
A fifth of businesses say they have already returned to normal operations.
The data from the Census Bureauâs Small Business Pulse Survey is another indication that Oregonâs economy is well on the road to recovery from the COVID-19 recession.
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latest survey from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The survey found only 22.2% of businesses in the state reported the pandemic had a âlarge negative effectâ on their businesses compared with 25.2% of businesses nationwide. However, 41.8% of Georgia businesses reported experiencing moderate negative impacts, Â close to the national average of 42.1%.
The bureau s Small Business Pulse Survey, conducted the week of June 28 to July 4, measured the changing business conditions because of the pandemic and included information on small business operations and finances, requests and receipt of assistance, vaccines, capital expenditures and expectations for recovery.
Amid recovery efforts, however, 89% of small businesses nationwide said they struggled to fill open positions last month, according to a new National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
Nearly 50% of small businesses in Wisconsin and New Hampshire say they will need to hire new workers in the next six months as restrictions lift and states reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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The statistics come from the bureau’s Small Business Pulse Survey, launched last year to collect “near real-time” data on the effects of the pandemic on small businesses. The most recent data release covers responses received from businesses from June 28 to July 4.
Nationally, close to 36% of the small businesses surveyed say they need to identify and hire new employees in the next six months. That number has remained steady for the seven most recent weeks’ worth of survey data. Among specific industries, more than 57% of accommodation and food service businesses say they need workers by far the largest percentage among the different segments. About 28% of small business respondents from the most recent week of dat
latest survey from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The survey found 18.5% of businesses in the state reported the pandemic had a large negative effect on their businesses compared with 25.2% of businesses nationwide. In addition, 31.7% of North Carolina businesses reported experiencing little or no effect from the pandemic, which is nearly 8% more than the national average.Â
Nearly 40% of North Carolina businesses (38.9%) reported experiencing moderate negative impacts, Â which was more than 3 percentage points lower than the national rate.
The bureau s Small Business Pulse Survey, conducted the week of June 28 to July 4, measured the changing business conditions because of the pandemic and included information on small business operations and finances, requests and receipt of assistance, vaccines, capital expenditures and expectations for recovery.