Adjusting to Cost Increases
» Adjusting to Cost Increases, Volume 1, Issue 4, 2001
If respondent experienced energy price increases in the last six months.
What have you done to OFFSET the rising cost of energy? Have you:?
20C. (offset to energy price increases) Absorbed it with lower earnings or profits.
Response | Small employers who experienced energy price increases | All small, employing businesses/small employers | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Yes | 75 | 54 | |
2 | No | 24 | 45 | |
3 | DK/Refuse | 1 | 1 | |
Total (%) | 100 | 100 | ||
N | 549 | 752 |
Notes: Seventy-five (75) percent of small employers whose businesses experienced noticeable energy price increases over the last six months tried to offset those increases by absorbing them through lower earnings or profits (Q#20C). Fifty-four (54) percent of small employers tried to offset energy price increases over the last six months by absorbing them through lower earnings or profits (Q#20C).