| Last Five Years | Last Five Quarters | |||||||||
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Q3-04 | Q4-04 | Q1-05 | Q1-05 | Q2-05 | |
| Business bankruptcy filings (thousands) | 35.5 | 40.1 | 38.5 | 35.0 | 34.3 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.1 | -- |
| Proprietors' income (billions of dollars) | 728.4 | 771.9 | 768.4 | 810.2 | 889.7 | 898.4 | 889.1 | 900.9 | 917.9 | 942.4 |
| Prime bank loan rate | 9.2 | 6.9 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.9 |
| Rates for smallest loans (less than $100,000): | ||||||||||
| Variable rate loans, repricing terms of 2-30 days | 9.7 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| Variable rate loans, repricing terms of 31-365 days | 9.9 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 7.1 |
| Senior loan officers (percent of respondents): | ||||||||||
| Net small firm C&I lending standards (those whose standards were eased minus those tightened) | -20.4 | -39.4 | -20.0 | -7.1 | +13.1 | +19.6 | +3.7 | +18.2 | +9.1 | +22.7 |
| Net small firm demand for C&I loans (those whose demand was stronger minus those weaker) | -3.3 | -36.6 | -40.0 | -14.7 | +25.9 | +38.1 | +38.9 | +25.5 | +13.7 | +45.5 |
| Venture Investment: | ||||||||||
| Number of deals | 7819 | 4453 | 3046 | 2840 | 2910 | 805 | 646 | 787 | 703 | 750 |
| Total invested (billions of dollars) | 105.0 | 40.8 | 21.5 | 19.4 | 21.3 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.8 |
Note: The second quarter figure for the Senior Loan Officers Survey is for April, which measures from January. C&I loans refers to commercial and industrial loans. Sources: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; National Venture Capital Association; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
| Last Five Years | Last Five Months (2004-2005) | |||||||||
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | |
| NFIB Small Business Optimism Index (1986 = 100) | 100.3 | 98.4 | 101.2 | 101.3 | 104.6 | 103.7 | 102.5 | 99.8 | 100.8 | 100.8 |
| NFIB: next 3 months "good time to expand" (percent of respondents) | 19.2 | 12.3 | 14.3 | 15.7 | 22.3 | 24 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 22 |
| NFIB: net percent planning to hire in the next 3 months | 15.6 | 11.6 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 15.3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 13 |
| Self-employed, incorporated (millions) | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Self-employed, unincorporated (millions) | 10.2 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.5 |
Sources: National Federation of Independent Business; Current Population Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
