July PPI came in unchanged month over month and 4.7% year over year. Here's what the split between falling energy and sticky services means for your margins.

NFIB's July 2026 survey: optimism 99.8, hiring plans at net 20% — the highest since 2022. But labor quality complaints jumped 8 points. What to do first.

July 2026 CPI: headline 3.4%, core 2.5%. Why the cooling average hides an energy bill that's still up double digits, and what to reprice.

FinCEN's final rule permanently ends beneficial ownership reporting for U.S. companies. What it means, who still files, and what to do with your old BOI records.

Paychex's July index shows small firms squeezing more hours out of existing staff instead of hiring. That's a margin story, not a growth story.

Washington's Paid Leave program now applies 1% monthly interest and escalating late-report penalties. The first wave hits employers who missed July 31.

Treasury and the IRS just laid out how the Saver's Match will work. Plan sponsors have a decision to make, and it isn't automatic.

IRS Notice 2026-28 makes the Section 45S paid leave credit permanent, adds a premium-based method, and lowers the service threshold to six months.

The July 2026 ISM Services PMI hit 54.1% with business activity at 59.1%, but prices re-accelerated to 70.3% and employment fell back into contraction.

July payrolls dropped 23,000 and May–June were revised down a combined 103,000. What a cooling labor market means for small business payroll planning.

A Q2 2026 OnDeck/Ocrolus report finds three in four small businesses bypassed traditional banks for working capital. Non-bank inflows rose as bank loan inflows fell.

276 insurers have filed 2027 ACA rate requests at a median 15% increase. Roughly 48% of individual-market adults are owners, self-employed, or small-firm staff.

ADP says private payrolls grew just 44,000 in July 2026, well under forecast. Firms with fewer than 50 employees added 23,000 of them.

Intuit QuickBooks' 2026 Late Payments Report finds overdue invoices jumped 12 points in a year, with $17.7K owed on average. The fix is sitting in your payment terms.