---
title: "New York Times: U.S. Businesses Are Bullish Amid Worldwide Instability"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/b85902db-35d2-4691-a11a-11356c23764d
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/new-york-times-us-businesses-are-bullish-amid-worldwide-instability-2707361
category: "General"
published: 2018-11-13T20:15:57.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:35:54.932Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/c98da86896358ac02d3a380498f839a17314.jpg
---

# New York Times: U.S. Businesses Are Bullish Amid Worldwide Instability

**TL;DR:** U.S. businesses, including Office Evolution, are bullish amid worldwide instability, with the National Federation of Independent Business's optimism index in the 99th percentile. Office Evolution expects to end the year with 60 franchise locations and double that number by the end of 2019.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-11-13. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/new-york-times-us-businesses-are-bullish-amid-worldwide-instability-2707361).*

## Story

Businesses like Broomfield, Colorado-based franchise Office Evolution are riding a wave of economic confidence being seen across the country. According to a recent article in the New York Times, the National Federation of Independent Business's optimism index is in the 99th percentile and even businesses are bullish with some potential rocky times ahead such as an impending tariff battle.

“They’re not worried about China tariffs and trade fights with Germany,” Mark Hemmeter, founder and CEO of Office Evolution told the New York Times about those businesses that rent space at their franchised office buildings. “Our clients are focused on developing business in their communities.” Office Evolution expects to end the year with 60 franchise locations and then double that number by the end of 2019.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- franchise expansion (topic)
- General (sector)
- Office Evolution (company)
- economic confidence (topic)
- tariff battle (topic)

---
Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/new-york-times-us-businesses-are-bullish-amid-worldwide-instability-2707361). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/b85902db-35d2-4691-a11a-11356c23764d).