{"id":6060,"date":"2021-09-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6060"},"modified":"2021-09-20T10:44:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T15:44:46","slug":"report-44-percent-of-u-s-small-businesses-have-less-than-3-months-worth-of-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6060","title":{"rendered":"Report: 44 Percent of U.S. Small Businesses Have Less than 3 Months&#8217; Worth of Cash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/debt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/debt-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6061\" width=\"267\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/debt-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/debt-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/debt-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/debt-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/debt-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 18 months into the pandemic, bakery owner Letha Pugh is so low on cash that she&#8217;s afraid to spend it on anything other than paying her employees. She&#8217;s hardly alone: 44% of U.S. small businesses have less than three months of cash reserves, leaving them vulnerable to another shutdown due to COVID-19 or other financial emergencies, according to a Goldman Sachs survey of more than 1,100 small businesses. An even greater share \u2014 51% \u2014 of Black-owned small businesses have less than three months&#8217; cash on hand, according to the same survey. While federal loan programs were crucial in keeping many small businesses afloat until COVID-19 restrictions were eased, some owners are concerned by the level of debt they&#8217;ve taken on. According to Goldman, 41% of small business owners and 55% of Black-owned businesses say the new debt could undermine their financial stability. Only 31% of small businesses say they could access funding if they needed additional capital. Even fewer Black-owned businesses \u2014 just 20% \u2014 report confidence in their ability to raise money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> If you are in debt and would like to speak to an attorney, call our law office at 816-524-4949 or visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\">website<\/a>.  <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 18 months into the pandemic, bakery owner Letha Pugh is so low on cash that she&#8217;s afraid to spend it on anything other than paying her employees. She&#8217;s hardly alone: 44% of U.S. small businesses have less than &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6060\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1133,1],"tags":[1152],"class_list":["post-6060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-debt","category-general","tag-covid-19"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6062,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6060\/revisions\/6062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}