LONG BEACH — When it comes to the national economy, Isabella Casillas Guzman, the administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, is firmly in the soft landing camp. A Latina who calls Southern California home, she's seen a surge in minority-owned business starts during the post-COVID 19 recovery. And she sees part of her mission as making sure those new companies are able to survive as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates to drive inflation back to the 2% mark. 'Black and brown founders are leading the charge in terms of start-up rates,' she told the Business Times during an interview at DieselTech, a firm that specializes in repairing controls on heavy truck engines.

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