Top Finance Chiefs Are More Optimistic, Even as Economy Slows
- CFOs are most positive on company finances since Q1 2022
- Geopolitics remains most-cited risk, Deloitte survey shows
This article is for subscribers only.
North America’s chief financial officers are the most optimistic since the first quarter of 2022, even as global growth cools.
Net optimism for their own companies’ financial prospects climbed in the third quarter, as CFOs raised their annual growth expectations for revenue, earnings and domestic hiring but lowered them for dividends, capital investment and domestic wages, a Deloitte survey showed Tuesday. They see earnings up about 8.3% this quarter, nearly doubling from the prior quarter’s expectations, the report shows.