Laura Wronski

Main Street business owners push out their forecast of when a recession will hit the U.S. economy, according to the latest CNBC|SurveyMonkey quarterly data.

There’s a big gap between Democrats and Republicans who approve of business leaders speaking out on political issues.

Presidents get credit for a strong economy in good times and blame for a struggling economy during bad times, as Biden is experiencing now due to inflation.

Workers describe themselves as thriving, coasting or struggling, and this view shapes much about jobs out of the pandemic, according to a CNBC|Momentive survey.

Small businesses on Main Streets across the U.S., from restaurants to bars, gyms and salons, were preparing for a full economic reopening. Uncertainty is back.

As more workers are called back into offices, those still working from home worry about becoming second-class corporate citizens and career damage.

As small businesses across the country grapple with economic reopening, one of their biggest fears is that new regulations will be a net negative for post-Covid-19 Main Street.

Fears that minimum wage increases for workers would crush small businesses and lead to job losses are overblown, according to the Q1 2020 CNBC|SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey.

Businesses that create a puffed-up company ethos but skimp on their most basic responsibility of paying their workforce well will end up with unhappy employees no matter how grandiose their company mission statement, says Laura Wronski, senior research scientist at SurveyMonkey.

There’s been a steady slide toward pessimism among the American public when the topic is Amazon. Whether influenced by politics or not, the changing attitudes may reflect a changing understanding of their role as consumers.

The smallest businesses on Main Street are preoccupied with interest rates they say are too high, while larger business owners are more focused on the tight labor market and hiring, according to the latest CNBC/SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey.

A majority of workers across the US say they do not feel their job security is threatened by technology, according to a new CNBC/SurveyMonkey workplace analysis. They may be overconfident.

The stock market, industrial companies, car makers and many other big-business sectors are in the crosshairs of the U.S. trade war against China, but Main Street America? The answer is yes. Small-business owners are concerned about trade policy, according to the latest CNBC/SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey.