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U.S. Small Business Optimism Falls In March

By Brushware News
04/30/202604/30/2026

NFIB Index Drops to 95.8 as Uncertainty and Cost Pressures Mount The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index declined three points to 95.8 in March, slipping below its long-term average of 98.0 and signaling a more cautious outlook among U.S. small businesses. The March reading marks the lowest level in nearly […]

Inside the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’

By Brushware News
08/27/202508/29/2025

How the 2025 Reconciliation Act Impacts the Brush Industry By Mark E. Battersby The new budget reconciliation law, the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), prevents an over $4 trillion tax hike from occurring at the end of this year by extending and making permanent the temporary tax cuts of the 2017 Tax Cuts […]

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