Oregon businesses: “The check is in the mail” » Small business payments stabilizing in the face of uncertainty

Just last month, we reported that small businesses were paying their bills in an increasingly timely manner. After a year of predictable delinquencies, Main Street was exhibiting payment behavior more typical of better times. But as we said then, and as is evidence in the latest NFIB survey, this improving behavior seems to fly in the face of waning confidence in demand, continued weakness in the...