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Asher Dixon
Apr 10, 20242 min read
March Consumer Inflation Report: Small Business Owners No Longer Believe the Fed Will Lower Rates This Year
As supplier prices continue to climb for small business owners, there’s been a change in sentiment; a majority of business owners now...
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Asher Dixon
Apr 5, 20241 min read
Strong March Jobs Report; Small Businesses Say It’s Time to Kiss 2024 Rate Cuts Goodbye
“Most small business owners no longer believe the Fed will cut rates this year. The March jobs may just be confirming that sentiment.” --...
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Asher Dixon
Apr 4, 20242 min read
Poll: Colleges Are Failing to Prepare Gen Z for the American Workplace. Is this causing the spike in workplace lawsuits?
With statistics showing a 50% spike in workplace lawsuits, many say Gen Z might be to blame. That’s because Gen Z is struggling to...
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Isaac Lopez
Apr 3, 20242 min read
J.Galt’s Team of Corporate Credit Experts are the Newest Addition as a Trusted Freedom Economy Source
Survey: Small businesses cite access to credit and capital as their #1 need. J.Galt has been making that happen....
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Isaac Lopez
Apr 2, 20242 min read
February JOLTS: Job Market in State of Suspended Animation; Business Owners Exercising Extreme “Wait-and-See" Caution
The U.S. economy had 8.8 million job openings in February, down from 8.9 million the month prior, according to the newly released Bureau...
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Asher Dixon
Mar 21, 20243 min read
New March Survey: Small Business Owners Back Away from Recession Fears; Gen Z Gets Failing Labor Market Report Card
Survey of 80,000 small business owners examines Tik Tok Ban, crypto currency, hiring trends, inflation, impacts of a Fed rate cut, & more...
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Isaac Lopez
Mar 20, 20242 min read
RedBalloon Partner Revere Payments Gives Freedom Economy Businesses a Secure Payment Provider Option
RedBalloon Adds Revere Payments to Its Growing Freedom Economy Trusted Partner List Surveys show that a top concern for Freedom Economy...
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Asher Dixon
Mar 14, 20241 min read
Key Survey Finding: More Employees Are Now Juggling Multiple Jobs
Could this be why BLS jobs numbers are up? Half of employers say more than 1 in 4 employees also hold a second job outside their...
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Isaac Lopez
Mar 8, 20241 min read
Jobs Report Delivers Mixed Results.
Jobs are up. Unemployment is up. Labor force participation is the same. And Hefty Downward Revisions for January This morning’s jobs...
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Isaac Lopez
Mar 6, 20242 min read
Old Glory Bank’s Cancel-Proof Banking Solves Key Concern of Freedom Economy
RedBalloon.work announced today that Old Glory Bank has been added to the growing list of trusted Freedom Economy business...
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Isaac Lopez
Mar 6, 20241 min read
January JOLTS: Pausing Into 2024 American businesses have entered a new phase: The Great Pause.
“This is the wait-and-see JOLTS. Employees are staying put. Employers are pausing growth plans.” -- RedBalloon CEO Andrew Crapuchettes...
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Asher Dixon
Mar 5, 20241 min read
RedBalloon Freedom Economy Software Recommendation: Koble Systems
RedBalloon.work announced the next addition to their list of recommended Freedom Economy business sources with the addition of Koble...
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Isaac Lopez
Mar 1, 20241 min read
State of the Union: Small Business Owners Voice Their Middle-America Priorities for SOTU
America’s small business owners hold a definitively strong opinion about what the President needs to address in the upcoming State of the...
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Asher Dixon
Feb 22, 20241 min read
RedBalloon Launches Campaign to Connect Freedom Economy Companies with Trusted Business Services --- First Up: G7 Networking
RedBalloon.work announced today a new, year-long campaign to highlight reliable and trusted business services for other Freedom Economy...
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Asher Dixon
Feb 21, 20242 min read
Small Businesses Stuck in ‘Hotel California’, Wanting to Relocate, But Can’t Afford the Cost
Only 13% of small businesses in California are happy with their location, which is nearly 40% lower than the national average, according...
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Asher Dixon
Feb 15, 20244 min read
New Survey: A Third of Employees Have Second Jobs. Plus, Employers Stuck in ‘Hotel California’
February Survey of 80,000 Small Businesses Reveals Trends in Hiring, Inflation, Sentiment, & Crime, Plus What They Want to Hear in State...
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Asher Dixon
Feb 9, 20242 min read
Hiring Could Mean Interviewing Fully Vetted Candidates From the Start. Sound Too Good to be True? Here’s How MIG Beat the Corporate Recruiting System
The Media Intelligence Group (MIG) utilizes AI and machine learning to monitor and analyze real-time online conversations, aiming to...
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Isaac Lopez
Feb 2, 20241 min read
Jobs Report: Record January Layoffs Produces Strong January Hiring; Supply & Demand at Work in the Labor Market
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly Employment Situation Report this morning, showing the economy added a...
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Asher Dixon
Feb 2, 20241 min read
Tucker Carlson Named Top Freedom Voice for 2023, Elon a Close 2nd
The January Freedom Economy Index, a joint survey of 70,000 small businesses by PublicSquare and RedBalloon, found that America’s small...
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Isaac Lopez
Jan 30, 20241 min read
Job Openings Report: More Jobs & Less People Will Make 2024 a Historically Difficult Labor Market
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary for December, showing little...
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Asher Dixon
Jan 13, 20243 min read
January Freedom Economy Index Shows Workers Falling Behind Financially; Employers Took on Debt to Survive 2023
In a recent January survey of 70,000 small business owners, a glimmer of optimism for the economy emerged following a challenging 2023...
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Isaac Lopez
Jan 5, 20241 min read
Government Hiring Continues to Prop Up Job Market While Overall Economy Down 4 Million Jobs in Last 3 Years
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the December Employment Situation Report this morning showing that the US economy added...
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Isaac Lopez
Jan 4, 20242 min read
Bubble Burst? Survey Finds College Creates Workforce Expectation Crisis
The November Freedom Economy Index, a joint effort by PublicSquare and RedBalloon, highlights a growing concern among the small...
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Isaac Lopez
Jan 3, 20241 min read
November JOLTS Reports 3-Year Low Causing Business Owners to Adopt “Survival Oriented” Approach
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary for November, showing little change month over...
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