Archives

2024 2

June 20, 2024

U.S. Companies Ramp Up Automation and AI as Inflation Persists

March 27, 2024

What Landing? CFOs’ Economic Outlook Improves in First Quarter of 2024
2023 4

Dec. 20, 2023

The 2024 Economic Outlook: A View from CFOs

Sept. 27, 2023

CFOs: Interest Rates Dampen 2023 Spending; Outlook For 2024 Brighter

June 28, 2023

CFOs Modestly Downgrade Economic Growth Expectations

March 29, 2023

CFOs Modestly Upgrade Economic Outlook Despite Labor Market, Inflation Concerns
2022 4

Dec. 21, 2022

2023 CFO Outlook: Weak Growth; Wages Trail Inflation

Sept. 28, 2022

CFOs See Higher Costs and Lack of Skilled Labor; Reduce Outlook for Growth

June 29, 2022

Economic Outlook for 2022 Deteriorates

March 30, 2022

CFO Economic Optimism Declines in the First Quarter of 2022
2021 4

Dec. 2, 2021

CFOs Report Rising Costs That Could Last Through 2022

Oct. 14, 2021

Cost Pressures Mount Amid Widespread Supply Disruption and Labor Shortages

July 14, 2021

CFOs Remain Optimistic Despite Concerns About Cost Pressures, Labor Availability

April 7, 2021

CFOs Report Optimism About Economic Growth
2020 3

Dec. 22, 2020

CFOs Optimistic but Uncertain About the Pace of Recovery

Oct. 7, 2020

The CFO Survey Shows Expectation of Slow Recovery

July 8, 2020

The CFO Survey Shows Business Confidence Beginning to Rebound as Firms Grapple with Effects of COVID-19

Past Results

April 2020 and Prior

Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and CFO magazine previously conducted the Global Business Outlook by surveying CFOs of companies and subscribers of CFO magazine around the world each quarter. An archive of past surveys is available at cfosurvey.fuqua.duke.edu.