Short, dated items on price and demand: commodities, wholesale costs, shipping rates, currency moves, rent indices and official sales figures. Each entry states the number, the period and the direction of travel. Read by owners setting prices and by suppliers and lenders watching the same series.
The base's Small Business Office says it opens doors for local vendors. A closer read shows the real gatekeeper is a warrant, not a handshake.
Tanya Brooks · September 17, 2026
The Fed left its target range unchanged on a 9-3 vote, keeping the prime rate that indexes most small-business credit lines flat for now.
Michael Hayes · August 19, 2026
Banks post the prime rate, the Fed publishes it, and your note decides when it lands. The spread and the reset date do more work than the headline number.
Michael Hayes · August 17, 2026
When input prices swing, the businesses that survive are those whose contracts specify who bears the swing — indexed pricing, bands, and hedges beat hope.
Michael Hayes · August 1, 2026
Eight times a year, three paragraphs of committee prose move your borrowing costs — the signal is in what changes between statements, not in the words themselves.
Michael Hayes · July 9, 2026