美国总统奥巴马预定集中向小型企业提供更多的政府援助，同时，新的经济数据显示美国经济一个主要板块出现更多的问题。有些经济学家说，小型企业是新工作机会的主要创造来源，所以奥巴马行政当局星期一会发表一项计划，让小型企业更容易获得所需要的贷款以扩充企业和雇用员工。
这项计划还包括集中使用刺激经济计划的经费以谋求帮助银行的信心和鼓励银行向小型企业提供贷款。这项计划是星期一政府发表新的报告期间提出的。新的报告说，美国工业生产在2月份连续第4个月下降。其他数据显示，美国工厂的开工率降到了最低记录的水平。
U.S. President Barack Obama is set to focus more government help on small businesses, while new economic data shows more problems for a key sector of the U.S. economy. Some economists say small businesses are a major creator of new jobs, so the Obama Administration will outline a plan Monday to make it easier for small businesses to borrow the money they need to expand and hire people.
The program also includes focusing money from the stimulus package in ways that helps banks’ confidence, and encourages them to lend to small businesses.
The program comes as new government reports on Monday say U.S. industrial production fell for the fourth month in a row in February. Other data shows the amount of U.S. factory capacity being used matched a record-low level.