Federal Reserve Archives | Vistage Research Center /research-center/tag/federal-reserve/ Resource for Business Leadership, Coaching, and CEOs Thu, 03 Oct 2024 21:13:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 141323424 Interest rate cut boosts small business confidence [WSJ/Vistage Sept 2024] /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240930-interest-rate-cut-boosts-small-business-confidence-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20240930-interest-rate-cut-boosts-small-business-confidence-wsj-survey /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240930-interest-rate-cut-boosts-small-business-confidence-wsj-survey/#respond Mon, 30 Sep 2024 17:40:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=46476 In anticipation of interest rate cuts, small business confidence rose in September, with the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index jumping more than 8 points to 92.9. While this month’s survey was conducted before the Federal Reserve meetings, the optimism...

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]]> /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240930-interest-rate-cut-boosts-small-business-confidence-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 46476 SMBs welcome Federal Reserve interest rate cut /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240920-interest-rate-cut/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20240920-interest-rate-cut /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240920-interest-rate-cut/#respond Fri, 20 Sep 2024 19:16:23 +0000 /research-center/?p=46450 While the Federal Reserve’s rate cut this week was predicted, the 50 basis-point cut surprised those who anticipated the minimum 25-point cut. Lauren Saidel-Baker from ITR Economics, who spoke to over 300 leaders at the Vistage Executive Summit in Orange...

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]]> /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240920-interest-rate-cut/feed/ 0 46450 Economic trends for 2023 and beyond /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221201-economic-trends-for-2023-and-beyond/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20221201-economic-trends-for-2023-and-beyond /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221201-economic-trends-for-2023-and-beyond/#respond Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:00:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=43641 Editor’s note: This article is part of an annual four-part series on trends impacting small and midsize businesses. In Part 3, we study economic trends for 2023. We find ourselves at a unique intersection in history. We are consumed by...

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]]> /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221201-economic-trends-for-2023-and-beyond/feed/ 0 43641 UBS Americas’ David Lefkowitz and Shane Lieberman on the federal response to inflation /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220425-ceo-pulse-ubs-inflation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220425-ceo-pulse-ubs-inflation /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220425-ceo-pulse-ubs-inflation/#respond Mon, 25 Apr 2022 21:31:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=40516 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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