{"id":184948,"date":"2010-01-15T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T19:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/chart-of-the-day-small-business-sales-2010-1"},"modified":"2010-01-15T14:39:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T19:39:00","slug":"chart-of-the-day-how-the-comeback-didnt-live-up-to-its-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/184948","title":{"rendered":"CHART OF THE DAY: How The Comeback Didn’t Live Up To Its Promises"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For mega multinational behemoths like Intel, the economy is really starting to get good again.<\/p>\n

But for the little guy, not so much.<\/p>\n

Today’s chart comes from the National Federation of Independent Businesses and it shows the (dis-)connection between small business expectations and reality. As you can see, the two tracked pretty nicely on the way down.<\/p>\n

But last year, small business optimism started to spike in the shape of a “V,” perhaps buoyed by the ra-ra optimism of the media and the rebounding stock market. But the reality has been far worse, and the gap between reality and results is gigantic.<\/p>\n

Don’t miss: The 13 charts that show why job creation isn’t happening anytime soon — ><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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