Keitaro Matsuda Additional Quotations

Obviously, the economy is improving and business owners are optimistic. Small business owners are saying that they will be hiring people, expanding facilities, even investing additional funding in their business.

Federal government expenditures will have to be financed by additional borrowing, since the government is not increasing taxes. With the increase in federal borrowing, long-term interest rates will have to start rising in 2006.

Small businesses are an extremely important source of new jobs in California, and I am heartened that they are set to increase their staffing level this year. As those companies begin to hire additional workers, however, they are likely to find it more difficult to locate the best-suited individuals for the positions available, because the California labor market is becoming increasingly tight.