May 2, 2012
Canada’s small and mid-sized businesses were a little less optimistic in April compared with the month before. The 1.3-point drop in CFIB’s Business Barometer
® Index to 66.4 gave back most of the big gains we had seen in the March survey findings.
April 4, 2012
With its 7
th consecutive monthly gain since late last summer, small business sentiment has now returned to what can be considered normal for a sustainably growing economy. CFIB's Business Barometer
® Index climbed to 67.7 in March, more than a point and a half above February's level.
March 7, 2012
Small businesses saw a little more sunshine in February. CFIB’s Business Barometer Index rose to 66.0 in its latest reading—its sixth-consecutive monthly increase. The Index, however, still has a few points to make up before re-establishing the high 60s levels we had seen this time last year.
