 treatment. Well, it is getting more expensive to do business. That's the takeaway from a new survey. A new survey by the National Association for Business Economics finds costs are rising for many respondents and they're tightening their belts. So how will that affect hiring? About a quarter of respondents are saying that hiring is rising. That's a little bit up from the previous survey. NABES Michael Urich says, well, getting a job is one thing, keeping it is another.