2026
In general, CFOs were optimistic about the economic outlook, according to the third quarter 2026 CFO Survey. However, rising optimism among large companies was somewhat offset by declining optimism for small and financially constrained firms.
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Financial decision-makers’ outlooks worsened this quarter amid heightened concern over rising costs and prices in the second quarter of 2026. Since the last survey, CFOs added 1.1 percentage points to their firm’s unit cost and price growth projections for 2026.
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The outlook for the U.S. economy improved among financial decision-makers in the first quarter of 2026. Despite concerns about tariff policy and uncertainty, expectations for U.S. GDP growth and business revenue growth over the next year remained solid.
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