Economic Growth Archives | Vistage Research Center /research-center/tag/economic-growth/ Resource for Business Leadership, Coaching, and CEOs Tue, 26 Nov 2024 00:45:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 141323424 Post-election sentiment boosts small business confidence to record high [WSJ/Vistage Nov 2024] /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20241125-post-election-sentiment-boosts-small-business-confidence-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20241125-post-election-sentiment-boosts-small-business-confidence-wsj-survey /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20241125-post-election-sentiment-boosts-small-business-confidence-wsj-survey/#respond Tue, 26 Nov 2024 00:44:40 +0000 /research-center/?p=46701 The first survey of small business CEOs since the U.S. Presidential election resulted in the greatest month-over-month increase in CEO Confidence since 2020, continuing an upward trend that began in advance of the first interest rate cut in September. The...

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]]> /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20241125-post-election-sentiment-boosts-small-business-confidence-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 46701 Economic trends for 2025 and beyond /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20241111-economic-trends-for-2025-and-beyond/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20241111-economic-trends-for-2025-and-beyond /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20241111-economic-trends-for-2025-and-beyond/#respond Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=46630 To project into the future, we must first understand the past. Much of the last year’s narrative has been about the Federal Reserve trying to cool inflation. Its root cause was certainly formulaic — part short-term reaction to supply chain...

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]]> /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20241111-economic-trends-for-2025-and-beyond/feed/ 0 46630 Small business confidence holds, indicating future growth [WSJ/Vistage Mar 2024] /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240327-small-business-confidence-economic-optimism-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20240327-small-business-confidence-economic-optimism-wsj-survey /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240327-small-business-confidence-economic-optimism-wsj-survey/#respond Wed, 27 Mar 2024 22:00:28 +0000 /research-center/?p=45325 Over the past several years, we have seen many false starts in economic improvements, but after reaching a 2-year high, small business confidence continues to hold, driven by increasing optimism for the future of the U.S. economy. The WSJ/Vistage Small...

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]]> /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240327-small-business-confidence-economic-optimism-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 45325 Small businesses anticipate slower economic growth, Oct. 2018 WSJ/Vistage survey shows /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20181031-small-businesses-slower-economic-growth-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20181031-small-businesses-slower-economic-growth-survey /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20181031-small-businesses-slower-economic-growth-survey/#respond Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:03:47 +0000 /research-center/?p=23416 Economic optimism among small business CEOs has slipped to its lowest level since the 2016 presidential election, according to the latest Wall Street Journal/Vistage Small Business CEO survey. The WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index was 106.9 in October 2018,...

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]]> /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20181031-small-businesses-slower-economic-growth-survey/feed/ 0 23416 Feeling the squeeze of cost pressures? These 4 fixes can help /research-center/business-financials/capital-cash-management/feeling-the-squeeze-of-cost-pressures-these-4-fixes-can-help/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeling-the-squeeze-of-cost-pressures-these-4-fixes-can-help /research-center/business-financials/capital-cash-management/feeling-the-squeeze-of-cost-pressures-these-4-fixes-can-help/#respond Thu, 13 Sep 2018 02:51:22 +0000 /research-center/?p=23132 There’s a downside to a good economy. When economic growth accelerates too quickly, it can cause inflation to rise and costs to spike — which, in turn, can squeeze margins and threaten the profitability of companies. Download report here That’s certainly true at...

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