We clearly are seeing the impact of inflation as it increases operating costs across supply and labor inputs in 2022. Is there relief coming from this profit-eroding upward pressure? Small-business owners began signaling inflation concerns in the summer of 2021 and now it’s become a major concern. The most recent NFIB Small Business Economic Trends […]
By Sveta Lasco, Junior Research Analyst We can learn a lot about how resilient a franchise system is by looking at its performance across a full economic cycle. By now we are all familiar with the path leading to the last recession where loose credit standards led to an overly aggressive housing lending market. That fast-paced […]