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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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CEO sentiment holds with little change from Q3 [Q4 2022 CEO Confidence Index]

Joe Galvin — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 21:40:28 +0000

In the golden age of sailing, mariners knew that the area near the equator where the trade winds shifted hemispheres could produce the doldrums, a time when the wind didn’t blow either way leaving them essentially in the same spot...

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Inflation moves past the crest

Joe Galvin — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 22:52:00 +0000

While the historically low water levels of the Mississippi are putting billions of dollars of grain exports at risk, we know this is part of a natural ebb and flow, and that the mighty Mississippi will recover to more normal...

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The CEO Pulse: Inflation Resource Center

Joe Galvin — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 15:38:00 +0000

To help with decision-making, we have curated: Insights on inflation from trusted experts Real-life approaches to inflation from CEO peers Join discussions about inflation in Vistage networks Third-party resources on inflation Insights on inflation from trusted experts How 3 CEOs...

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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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Improvement in CEO confidence is ‘good-bad news’ [Q3 2022 Vistage CEO Confidence Index]

Joe Galvin — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 23:35:00 +0000

The temperature in Phoenix might be “down” to 95 degrees — theoretically good news as it may be cooler than the 105-degree mark reached the day before — but that’s still really hot. That is the concept of “good-bad news.”...

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Small business confidence posts largest gain in 18 months [WSJ/Vistage Aug 2022]

Anne Petrik — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 17:37:00 +0000

While inflationary pressures persist, small businesses report that the supply chain is improving, and their hiring plans remain stable. All of these things lead to a more favorable view of the economy, which was evidenced by the improvement in small...

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Inflation’s steady rise continues to impact small and midsize businesses

Joe Galvin — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 23:05:00 +0000

Trees don’t grow to the sky, but with June’s inflation rate rising from 8.6% in May to 9.1%, you have to wonder where the top is. The steady rise of inflation has touched every aspect of business and life —...

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Stimulus hangover crashes CEO confidence [Q2 2022 Vistage CEO Confidence Index]

Joe Galvin — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 21:55:00 +0000

It’s hard to think of the COVID-19 pandemic as “the good old days,” but from a purely economic standpoint, once the lockdowns passed and vaccine distributions accelerated, it was. Employment recovered immediately for most sectors, government stimulus put billions of...

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UBS Americas’ David Lefkowitz and Shane Lieberman on the federal response to inflation

Joe Galvin — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 21:31:00 +0000

Inflation continues to be a top-of-mind challenge for small and midsize business owners and CEOs as anxiety increases over rising costs, wages and prices. In the recent Q1 2022 CEO Confidence Index, 87% of CEOs reported increased labor costs, up...

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