Weak demand, concerns about the economic outlook and turmoil in financial markets have kept many would-be entrepreneurs on the sidelines, recent data show.
The latest Commerce Department figures reveal that 196 businesses were started in the fourth quarter of last year, up from 182 in the previous quarter but still below pre-recession levels.
Business formation has likely slowed since then as the U.S. budget deficit, the Arab Spring protests, Japan's earthquake and Europe's deepening debt crisis roiled financial markets and raised fears that the world economy could dip back into a recession.
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