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According to the latest information from the National Federation of Independent Business, small businesses have finally reached a point at which further job cuts proved unnecessary.  March in fact seemed to act as a break-even point.

William Dunkelberg, the NFIB's chief economist, explained in a statement, "The average loss in jobs per firm continued to decline in March, hitting the zero line. Small business owners reported a seasonally adjusted change in average employment per firm of 0 workers during the prior three months (seasonally adjusted), a huge improvement from the January reading of negative .52 workers per firm."

As for what's supposed to happen next, it looks like small businesses will add a few workers as a group.  Dunkelberg said, "Not seasonally adjusted, 15 percent plan to increase the total number of people working for them, while 7 percent plan workforce reductions."

So we're seeing good (though admittedly not great) news all around with respect to jobs.  And that probably implies a lot about other factors, since employees tend to get paid with money and not IOUs.

Keep your fingers crossed that these trends continue.