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Tempered investments put small business confidence on hold [WSJ/Vistage Jan 2023]

Anne Petrik — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 00:56:58 +0000

A looming recession hasn’t impacted spending as of yet with GDP rising 2.9% in the last quarter according to the latest report from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Adding to consumer optimism, the January jobs report showed healthy growth,...

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Inflation moves past the crest

Joe Galvin — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 22:52:00 +0000

While the historically low water levels of the Mississippi are putting billions of dollars of grain exports at risk, we know this is part of a natural ebb and flow, and that the mighty Mississippi will recover to more normal...

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The CEO Pulse: Inflation Resource Center

Joe Galvin — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 15:38:00 +0000

To help with decision-making, we have curated: Insights on inflation from trusted experts Real-life approaches to inflation from CEO peers Join discussions about inflation in Vistage networks Third-party resources on inflation Insights on inflation from trusted experts How 3 CEOs...

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Safeguarding your supply chain in the new paradigm

ubs-cio — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:20:00 +0000

This year has been filled with an overwhelming number of challenges around the world — from the geopolitical fallout from the invasion of Ukraine to historic inflation levels. While the Federal Reserve’s path of interest rate hikes to combat inflation...

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Small business confidence rises over improving profit expectations [WSJ/Vistage Sept 2022]

Anne Petrik — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 19:27:00 +0000

For the second month, the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index rose, continuing the climb from the recent low reached just 2 months ago. Sentiment about the economy continued to improve among small businesses, though not at the same pace...

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Stimulus hangover crashes CEO confidence [Q2 2022 Vistage CEO Confidence Index]

Joe Galvin — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 21:55:00 +0000

It’s hard to think of the COVID-19 pandemic as “the good old days,” but from a purely economic standpoint, once the lockdowns passed and vaccine distributions accelerated, it was. Employment recovered immediately for most sectors, government stimulus put billions of...

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CEOs report escalating uncertainty [Q1 2022 Vistage CEO Confidence Index]

Joe Galvin — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:20:00 +0000

The crystal ball for 2022 is now as opaque as a bowling ball. In just 90 days since the Q4 CEO Confidence Index survey in December, we’ve seen the COVID-19 Omicron variant rise, spike and fall only to have the...

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