CEO Confidence Dips In October Poll As U.S. Election Nears
The Fed’s September rate cut boosted hope for improving business conditions, but the boost proved to be short lived.
Launched in the fall of 2002, Chief Executive’s CEO Confidence Index is America’s largest monthly survey of chief executives. Each month, we survey CEOs across corporate America, at organizations of all types and sizes, to compile our CEO Confidence Index data. We ask the same three questions regarding their confidence in current business conditions, future business conditions and their revenue and investment forecast for the next 12 months. The results are released each month on ChiefExecutive.net and reported on by TV and media outlets throughout the world, including Bloomberg Intelligence and FactSet Research Systems.
The Fed’s September rate cut boosted hope for improving business conditions, but the boost proved to be short lived.
Although the CEO rating for the current environment remains unchanged since August, the September forecast for the future improves on expectations of Fed rate cuts and an end to the election cycle—regardless of the outcome.
Our August survey of CEO confidence finds chiefs hopeful business will improve at some point in 2025, but they’re still preparing for a recession, one many say the U.S. has already entered.
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