The CFO Survey Third Quarter 2023 – Notable Excerpts

On September 27, 2023 The CFO Survey was released.  It contains a variety of statistics regarding how CFOs view business and economic conditions. In the CFO Survey press release, I found the following to be the most notable excerpts – although I don’t necessarily agree with them: As seen in the survey, growth expectations for Real GDP …

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The CFO Survey Second Quarter 2023 – Notable Excerpts

On June 28, 2023 The CFO Survey (formerly called the “Duke/CFO Global Business Outlook”) was released.  It contains a variety of statistics regarding how CFOs view business and economic conditions. In the CFO Survey press release, I found the following to be the most notable excerpts – although I don’t necessarily agree with them: Growth expectations for …

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The CFO Survey First Quarter 2023 – Notable Excerpts

On March 29, 2023 The CFO Survey (formerly called the “Duke/CFO Global Business Outlook”) was released.  It contains a variety of statistics regarding how CFOs view business and economic conditions. In the CFO Survey press release, I found the following to be the most notable excerpts – although I don’t necessarily agree with them: Financial decision-makers became …

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The CFO Survey Fourth Quarter 2022 – Notable Excerpts

On December 21, 2022 The CFO Survey (formerly called the “Duke/CFO Global Business Outlook”) was released.  It contains a variety of statistics regarding how CFOs view business and economic conditions. In this CFO Survey press release, I found the following to be the most notable excerpts – although I don’t necessarily agree with them: CFO optimism about …

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The CFO Survey Third Quarter 2022 – Notable Excerpts

On September 28, 2022 The CFO Survey (formerly called the “Duke/CFO Global Business Outlook”) was released.  It contains a variety of statistics regarding how CFOs view business and economic conditions. In this CFO Survey press release, I found the following to be the most notable excerpts – although I don’t necessarily agree with them: Financial decision-makers lowered …

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The CFO Survey Second Quarter 2022 – Notable Excerpts

On June 29, 2022 the latest CFO Survey (formerly called the “Duke/CFO Global Business Outlook”) was released.  It contains a variety of statistics regarding how CFOs view business and economic conditions. In this CFO Survey press release, I found the following to be the most notable excerpts – although I don’t necessarily agree with them: Views on the …

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The CFO Survey First Quarter 2022 – Notable Excerpts

On March 30, 2022 the latest CFO Survey (formerly called the “Duke/CFO Global Business Outlook”) was released.  It contains a variety of statistics regarding how CFOs view business and economic conditions. In this CFO Survey press release, I found the following to be the most notable excerpts – although I don’t necessarily agree with them: Optimism about the …

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McKinsey Economic Conditions Snapshot – Notable Aspects

Recently McKinsey released their “Economic Conditions Snapshot, June 2011” As stated in the survey: Over the past three months, executives around the world have grown more pessimistic about their nations’ economies: compared with three months ago, a smaller share say their economies improved over the past six months, and slightly more expect worsening conditions over the …

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The Importance of Scenario Planning to Businesses

The Wall Street Journal ran a story yesterday titled, “Pendulum is Swinging Back on ‘Scenario Planning.’”  Perhaps most interesting is the history of scenario planning.  Here is the link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124683295589397615.html As I have written about previously on this blog: https://www.economicgreenfield.com/2009/06/18/businesses-and-economic-stress/ those who own or manage a business will likely continue to find themselves in a …

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