Adjusting to Cost Increases
» Adjusting to Cost Increases, Volume 1, Issue 4, 2001
If respondent experienced energy price increases in the last six months.
What have you done to OFFSET the rising cost of energy? Have you:?
20A. (offset to energy price increases) Raised selling prices.
| Response | Small employers who experienced energy price increases | All small, employing businesses/small employers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | 29 | 22 | |
| 2 | No | 71 | 78 | |
| 3 | DK/Refuse | 1 | 1 | |
| Total (%) | 101 | 101 | ||
| N | 549 | 752 | ||
Notes: Twenty-nine (29) percent of small employerswhose businesses experienced noticeable energy price increases over the last six months tried to offset those increases by raising selling prices (Q#20A). Twenty-two (22) percent of small employers tried to offset energy price increases over the last six months by raising selling prices (Q#20A).
