Oregon Small Business Optimism Index: Inflation, supply issues persist

According to the National Federation of Independent Business, supply chain and inflation issues stood out as a key problem in the report.

14% of owners reported that inflation was their single most important problem in operating their business (higher input costs), up 3 points from August.

In September, 64% of small business owners reported that supply chain disruptions were affecting their business to some degree, up 10 points from August.

The net percent of owners…