inflation Archives | Vistage Research Center https://www.vistage.com/research-center Resource for Business Leadership, Coaching, and CEOs Wed, 02 Nov 2022 21:34:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.3 Small business confidence dips over interest rate increases, recession concerns [WSJ/Vistage Oct 2022] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221102-small-business-confidence-dips-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20221102-small-business-confidence-dips-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221102-small-business-confidence-dips-wsj-survey/#respond Wed, 02 Nov 2022 21:27:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=43547 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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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221102-small-business-confidence-dips-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 UBS on ‘The New Paradigm’ https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/financial-management/20220921-ubs-new-paradigm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220921-ubs-new-paradigm https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/financial-management/20220921-ubs-new-paradigm/#respond Fri, 14 Oct 2022 08:10:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=43422 This webinar from UBS discusses the ongoing challenges that business owners are facing in light of record-high inflation, supply chain issues, changing workplace dynamics and the state of M&A. About the presenter James is the Head of the Business Owner...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/financial-management/20220921-ubs-new-paradigm/feed/ 0 Improvement in CEO confidence is ‘good-bad news’ [Q3 2022 Vistage CEO Confidence Index] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221005-ceo-confidence-improves-q3-2022-ceo-confidence-index/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20221005-ceo-confidence-improves-q3-2022-ceo-confidence-index https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221005-ceo-confidence-improves-q3-2022-ceo-confidence-index/#respond Wed, 05 Oct 2022 23:35:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=43457 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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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221005-ceo-confidence-improves-q3-2022-ceo-confidence-index/feed/ 0 Small business confidence posts largest gain in 18 months [WSJ/Vistage Aug 2022] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220907-small-business-confidence-posts-largest-gain-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220907-small-business-confidence-posts-largest-gain-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220907-small-business-confidence-posts-largest-gain-wsj-survey/#respond Wed, 07 Sep 2022 17:37:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=43369 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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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220907-small-business-confidence-posts-largest-gain-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Strategic pricing when inflation crashes into recession https://www.vistage.com/research-center/customer-engagement/product-pricing/20220803-strategic-pricing-inflation-recession/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220803-strategic-pricing-inflation-recession https://www.vistage.com/research-center/customer-engagement/product-pricing/20220803-strategic-pricing-inflation-recession/#respond Fri, 26 Aug 2022 21:30:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=41488 Download the webinar slides Inflation is impacting small and midsize businesses in a variety of ways. As a result, our research shows that 75% of CEOs plan to raise prices over the next 12 months. At the same time, record-setting...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/customer-engagement/product-pricing/20220803-strategic-pricing-inflation-recession/feed/ 0 Freefall of small business confidence tempered [WSJ/Vistage July 2022] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220803-small-business-confidence-freefall-tempered-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220803-small-business-confidence-freefall-tempered-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220803-small-business-confidence-freefall-tempered-wsj-survey/#respond Wed, 03 Aug 2022 17:20:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=41497 One of the most hotly contested headlines is whether the decline in the second quarter GDP numbers indicates that we are in a recession. And certainly, if you define a recession solely by 2 quarters of negative GDP growth, the...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220803-small-business-confidence-freefall-tempered-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Inflation’s steady rise continues to impact small and midsize businesses https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220718-inflation-impact-small-and-midsize-businesses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220718-inflation-impact-small-and-midsize-businesses https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220718-inflation-impact-small-and-midsize-businesses/#respond Mon, 18 Jul 2022 23:05:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=41316 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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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220718-inflation-impact-small-and-midsize-businesses/feed/ 0 Small businesses managing costs amid recession speculation [WSJ/Vistage June 2022] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220715-small-businesses-recession-speculation-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220715-small-businesses-recession-speculation-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220715-small-businesses-recession-speculation-wsj-survey/#respond Fri, 15 Jul 2022 19:30:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=41268 As the debate continues about whether we are in — or approaching — a recession, small business sentiment seems to lean toward that path. While the declines of the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index over the past year were...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220715-small-businesses-recession-speculation-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 The CEO Pulse: Inflation Resource Center https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20211119-the-ceo-pulse-inflation-resource-center/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20211119-the-ceo-pulse-inflation-resource-center https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20211119-the-ceo-pulse-inflation-resource-center/#respond Wed, 13 Jul 2022 14:38:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=39262 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  7 questions about...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20211119-the-ceo-pulse-inflation-resource-center/feed/ 0 Stimulus hangover crashes CEO confidence [Q2 2022 Vistage CEO Confidence Index] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220629-stimulus-hangover-crashes-ceo-confidence-q2-2022-ceo-confidence-index/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220629-stimulus-hangover-crashes-ceo-confidence-q2-2022-ceo-confidence-index https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220629-stimulus-hangover-crashes-ceo-confidence-q2-2022-ceo-confidence-index/#respond Wed, 29 Jun 2022 21:55:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=41011 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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