
CFO Outlook for 2025 Gets Post-Election Boost
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.

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.

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.

Second-quarter data from hundreds of U.S. CFOs shows America’s finance chiefs lowering their forecasts for business growth in May as uncertainty mounts.

A growing number of CFOs are hopeful that a resilient economy, strong equity markets, lower interest rates and inflation, and what they expect to be a positive election outcome will bolster business in 2024.

Latest poll of America’s CFOs shows optimism fading and the threat of a recession in 2024 returning, as businesses grapple with slowing demand and growing uncertainty in the U.S. and on the world stage.

Our latest survey of America’s finance chiefs finds CFOs cautiously tapping into new technology to improve the finance function—but many say it’s still early, and risky.