This statistic shows the leading challenges that the small and medium business in the United States faced in the first half of 2015. Lack of credit availability proved to be the leading difficulty of running business for 9 percent of SMEs.
What top challenge, if any, did your business experience in the past 12 months?
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New York Fed, & Philadelphia Fed. (March 10, 2016). What top challenge, if any, did your business experience in the past 12 months? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/426472/leading-challenges-of-smes-usa/
New York Fed, und Philadelphia Fed. "What top challenge, if any, did your business experience in the past 12 months?." Chart. March 10, 2016. Statista. Accessed May 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/426472/leading-challenges-of-smes-usa/
New York Fed, Philadelphia Fed. (2016). What top challenge, if any, did your business experience in the past 12 months?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/426472/leading-challenges-of-smes-usa/
New York Fed, and Philadelphia Fed. "What Top Challenge, If Any, Did Your Business Experience in The past 12 Months?." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Mar 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/426472/leading-challenges-of-smes-usa/
New York Fed & Philadelphia Fed, What top challenge, if any, did your business experience in the past 12 months? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/426472/leading-challenges-of-smes-usa/ (last visited May 04, 2024)
What top challenge, if any, did your business experience in the past 12 months? [Graph], New York Fed, & Philadelphia Fed, March 10, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/426472/leading-challenges-of-smes-usa/