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A line chart that shows the share of small businesses missing payroll quarterly from Q1 2019 to Q3 2025. The rate ranged from a low of 1.02% in Q2 2020 to a high of 2.39% in Q1 2023. The share generally increased after 2020, peaking in early 2023.

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How Americans are feeling about the country as we enter the 2024 election season — and how those feelings correspond to measurable data.

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2024 will be an election year like no other, as President Biden seeks re-election amid economic uncertainty, two wars and questions about his age. His likely foe, former President Trump, faces felony charges and vows revenge on his political enemies. Meanwhile, Americans generally are dissatisfied with those choices and are divided over immigration, race, education and more.

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