US DATA: Sept NFIB Small Business Optimism Index -0.1 to 92.8. NFIB
notes “deterioration in labor market indicators, with job
creation plans plunging 6 points, job openings falling one point and
more firms reporting decreases in employment than those reporting
increases in employment. Since the commencement of NFIB’s monthly
surveys in 1986, the Index has been below 93.0 a total of 56 times; 32
of which have occurred since the recovery began in June 2009.”