The Wells Fargo survey on small businesses in the United States was released alongside the quarterly survey done by Gallup. It showed that costs for small businesses are on the rise whereas the workforce showed a decline due to decreased hiring, stated NJBIZ. The survey was conducted on 601 small businesses and about 30% of them have stopped hiring because they suspected that they won’t be able to last the year. The news was published on the 6th of February at http://bit.ly/XeSEXw and stated that the results may be surprising for some banking experts who are well aware of the increase in funding being done for small businesses.