CFO Confidence Slips Amid Washington Uncertainty
New poll finds U.S. finance chiefs more pessimistic about business conditions in early 2026, citing unpredictable policy shifts on tariffs and geopolitics.
New poll finds U.S. finance chiefs more pessimistic about business conditions in early 2026, citing unpredictable policy shifts on tariffs and geopolitics.
CFO Leadership’s Q2 CFO Confidence Index finds growing consensus business will improve in the coming year, but not as much as CFOs projected in the first quarter.
The Q1 CFO Confidence Index finds CFOs hopeful that a lighter regulatory approach by Washington will boost revenues and customer spending in 2025.
Our November CFO Confidence Index finds America’s finance chiefs increasingly optimistic about the business landscape in 2025, expecting to use the post-election clarity to seize growth opportunities.
America’s finance chiefs are loosening the purse strings for new technologies, with 25% planning to increase their investment by 10% or more next year—and expecting positive ROI within three years.
Our August poll of nearly 150 U.S. CFOs finds America’s finance chiefs the most optimistic in the C-Suite, despite the majority expecting a recession and heightened economic volatility leading up to November’s election.