William Dunkelberg
William Dunkelberg
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We're going to rein it in. Caution should be the watchword.
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Main Street optimism has backed down from the mountain top and is resting on a high plateau. The general view is that things have been going well for so long, they're bound to ease back a bit. Small-business owners aren't painting a doom-and-gloom scenario here. They just sense that the red-hot economy will cool by a degree or two.
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Katrina does put a wrinkle in the outlook. But the survey data indicate strong third and fourth quarters.
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The index signals a solid start to 2006.