Credit Access
» Credit Access, Volume 8, Issue 7, 2008
If respondent has been affected by the nation’s current financial problems.
2. For your business, is the most important immediate problem associated with the current financial situation caused by:?
| Response | Small, employing businesses affected by nation's financial problems | All small, employing businesses | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An inability to obtain credit | 9 | 8 | |
| 2 | Slowing or lost sales | 45 | 39 | |
| 3 | Falling real estate values | 9 | 8 | |
| 4 | The cost and/or terms of credit | 5 | 4 | |
| 5 | The unpredictability of business conditions | 23 | 20 | |
| 6 | Other | 4 | 4 | |
| 7 | None | 4 | 16 | |
| 8 | DK/Refuse | 1 | 1 | |
| Total (%) | 100 | 100 | ||
| N | 655 | 752 | ||
Notes: Slowing or lost sales is the most important immediate problem associated with the current financial situation for 45 percent of small employers who have been affected by the nation's current financial problems (Q#2). Slowing or lost sales is the most important immediate problem associated with the current financial situation for 39 percent of small employers (Q#2).
