The National Center for Middle Market Research polled 1,000 companies over the past two years. They questioned what that company would do if they had $1.00 extra to either invest or retain. The portion of companies willing to invest their extra capital has decreased since the end of 2014. Only 61% of companies are willing to invest capital and resources in Q4’15 as opposed to the 68% that was willing to do so in Q4’14. Those willing to invest has decreased from 67% in Q1’15 to 61% in Q4’15.