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Small business confidence splits over soft landing vs. recession. [WSJ/Vistage Aug 2023]

Anne Petrik — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 17:40:00 +0000

Overall confidence among small businesses rose incrementally in August for the third month in a row, with the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index reaching 84.4. The last two months have driven the year-to-date average to 81. However, this remains...

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Small business confidence holds amid recession concerns [WSJ/Vistage April 2023]

Anne Petrik — Thu, 04 May 2023 21:13:43 +0000

Despite positive — albeit slowing — growth in GDP and inflation rates easing, concerns about a recession are on the rise among small businesses. The proportion of small businesses that are moderately or extremely concerned about the impacts of a...

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CEO confidence stalls ahead of economic slowdown [Q1 2023 CEO Confidence Index]

Joe Galvin — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 21:10:00 +0000

When approaching a tight corner at high speed, a race car driver will downshift, leveraging both the brakes and the engine to slow the car into the turn. By maintaining high RPMs, the driver maintains the power and has the...

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Small business confidence reverses as recession nears [WSJ/Vistage March 2023]

Anne Petrik — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 00:40:00 +0000

In snowboarding, riders need to have “Jedi Legs” when they move through unforeseen terrain. This means keeping their knees bent and flexible to absorb the hidden bumps and turns. It’s a technique small businesses have also adopted to deal with...

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4 ways CEOs can get recession ready

Joe Galvin — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 18:15:00 +0000

Many business leaders are seeking advice on how to survive a recession as they watch signals suggesting an impending economic slowdown. Persistent high inflation is pushing interest rates higher, which is offset by historically low unemployment rates driven by workers...

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Despite optimism, small businesses remain cautious [WSJ/Vistage Feb 2023]

Anne Petrik — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 20:20:00 +0000

Positive economic news pushed the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index to 85.0 in February, the highest recording since last April. However small business confidence remains well below pre-COVID readings, most recently driven by recessionary concerns. The pending recession forecasts...

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Small business confidence dips over interest rate increases, recession concerns [WSJ/Vistage Oct 2022]

Anne Petrik — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 21:27:00 +0000

After rising for two months, the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index declined in October to reach 77.7 While triple 7s are lucky when playing slot machines, this figure is hardly fortuitous in the context of a nearly 5% decline,...

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Strategic pricing when inflation crashes into recession

Anne Petrik — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 21:30:00 +0000

Download the webinar slides Inflation is impacting small and midsize businesses in a variety of ways. As a result, our research shows that 75% of CEOs plan to raise prices over the next 12 months. At the same time, record-setting...

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Recession’s red lights flashing? How to get ahead of the curve

Joe Galvin — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 19:15:00 +0000

In this session, longtime Vistage member, speaker and CEO of Balentine Dr. Adrian Cronje returns to update the economic outlook from a capital market perspective. He discusses: Whether today’s stubbornly high inflationary period will inevitably lead to a recession over...

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CEO confidence rebounds, fueled by decreasing pessimism, improving prospects for revenues [Q3 2020 Vistage survey]

Anne Petrik — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 16:09:00 +0000

Signs of life in the economy and an increase of business activity has led to an increase in confidence of small and midsize business CEOs. The Vistage CEO Confidence Index rebounded to 82.8 Q3 2020; while not at peak recovery,...

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