By Alex Lang New York (Knewz) — Inflation and the possibility of recession have hammered business optimism in 2022 compared to 2021, according to a new survey. Only one in five midsize business leaders said they are optimistic about the national economy for the next year, according to a recent survey form JPMorgan Chase. The poll spoke to 1,500 midsize business leaders. That business optimism figure is down 75 percent from a year ago and the lowest total recorded in the last 12 years, JPMorgan noted. The number of businesses who said they are pessimistic jumped 10 percent in the last year and …