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Small-business optimism climbs to 2nd highest on record

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U.S. small-business optimism rose to its second-highest level on record, according to a National Federation of Independent Business survey.

The July figure was 107.9, lower than first-place holder July 1983, at 108.

Among the survey findings, a record 23 percent of employers said they plan to create new jobs in the next three months.

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