Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Entrepreneurs' Gloom Contradicts Wall Street Optimism
September 24, 2009

KANSAS CITY, September 22, 2009 — The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today announced the results of a new survey of American entrepreneurs showing that entrepreneurs and small businesses continue to struggle despite increasing optimism on Wall Street. One week before Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made the statement that the recession is "very likely over," two-thirds of entrepreneurs reported that the economy is heading in the wrong direction.