-- 全美独立企业联合会（NFIB）发布的月度小企业乐观指数从2月份的98.8和2025年3月的97.4降至3月份的95.8，创下自2025年4月以来的最低点。 NFIB首席经济学家比尔·邓克尔伯格表示：“《工薪家庭减税法案》中的20%小企业税收抵免和其他支持小企业的税收条款对小企业主来说有很多利好因素。然而，油价的急剧上涨令消费者和企业主都感到恐慌。小企业主不得不承担这些更高的投入成本，并将其转嫁给消费者。” 10项组成指标中有8项环比下降，其余2项保持不变。 盈利趋势降幅最大，下降11个百分点至净-25%，而经济预期下降7个百分点至净-11%。 净正值表示预期增长的受访者多于预期下降的受访者，反之亦然。 此外，扩张计划（净下降 11%）、当前库存（净下降 5%）、库存增长计划（净下降 5%）、资本支出计划（净下降 16%）、销售预期（净下降 7%）和当前职位空缺（净下降 32%）的读数均略有下降。 就业计划（净下降 12%）和预期信贷状况（净下降 5%）的读数保持不变。
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