US Executives Turn Sharply Positive After Trump’s Win, Surveys Show
- Business leaders are confident on economy; inflation is a risk
- Companies plan to ramp up investments and hiring plans
Trump ran on a platform promising lower corporate taxes and less regulation, while threatening new tariffs on US trading partners, a policy seen as potentially inflationary.
Photographer: Hannah Beier/BloombergUS executives turned significantly more optimistic about the economy and prospects for their own businesses after Donald Trump won the presidential election, with finance chiefs and other leaders expecting stronger growth in 2025 even as they see inflation as a risk, two surveys showed.
Two-thirds, or 67%, of US business executives polled by the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants said they are confident about the economic outlook for the year ahead, up from 26% of respondents in a survey conducted in August and 43% a year earlier. The AICPA conducted its latest survey from Nov. 6 through Nov. 26, after Trump triumphed over Democratic rival Kamala Harris, polling 273 members working for US companies.