{"id":3335,"date":"2015-10-28T15:14:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T20:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/?p=3335"},"modified":"2015-10-28T15:14:17","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T20:14:17","slug":"women-make-strides-in-business-ownership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/women-make-strides-in-business-ownership\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Make Strides in Business Ownership"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"sub-head\">The growth rate of new businesses remains stalled, but the share of women-owned firms has climbed<\/h2>\n<div class=\"clearfix byline-wrap\">\n<div class=\"byline\">By\u00a0RUTH SIMON<\/div>\n<p><time class=\"timestamp\"><\/time><\/div>\n<p>While the growth rate of new businesses remains stalled, fresh government data show the share of women-owned firms has climbed.<\/p>\n<p>The total number of U.S. firms edged up 2% to 27.6 million between 2007 and 2012, according to preliminary U.S. Census Bureau data released this week. But the number of women-owned firms grew much faster, rising 27% during that time.<\/p>\n<p>The overall figures provide the latest evidence of a worrisome decline in business formation. The number of firms with paid employees fell by 5% to 5.4 million between 2007 and 2012 and is 2% below 2002 levels, according to the new census data.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an indicator of just how weak this particular recovery has been for small businesses, generally, and for new businesses, young businesses,\u201d said E.J. Reedy, director of research and policy for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a nonprofit that focuses on entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. gross domestic product, adjusted for inflation, declined at an average annual rate of 1.5% from 2007 to 2009 as the economy contracted during the recession, then increased by an average rate of 2.1% during the next three years, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/women-make-strides-in-business-ownership-1440028664\" target=\"_blank\">CONTINUE THE ARTICLE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The growth rate of new businesses remains stalled, but the share of women-owned firms has climbed By\u00a0RUTH SIMON While the growth rate of new businesses remains stalled, fresh government data show the share of women-owned firms has climbed. 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