WSJ Vistage Small Business CEO Survey 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 Small business confidence rises over improving profit expectations [WSJ/Vistage Sept 2022] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221003-small-business-confidence-rises-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20221003-small-business-confidence-rises-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221003-small-business-confidence-rises-wsj-survey/#respond Mon, 03 Oct 2022 19:27:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=43441 For the second month, the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index rose, continuing the climb from the recent low reached just 2 months ago. Sentiment about the economy continued to improve among small businesses, though not at the same pace...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221003-small-business-confidence-rises-wsj-survey/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 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 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 Wage increases eat into small business profitability [WSJ/Vistage May 2022] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220525-small-business-profitability-sinks-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220525-small-business-profitability-sinks-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220525-small-business-profitability-sinks-wsj-survey/#respond Wed, 25 May 2022 18:20:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=40749 Rising prices and increased wages have taken a toll on the profitability of small businesses. 47% of CEOs report that profitability worsened in the past 12 months due to inflation. Expectations for the year ahead are increasingly pessimistic with just...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220525-small-business-profitability-sinks-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Persistent uncertainty tempers small business confidence [WSJ/Vistage April 2022] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220429-uncertainty-tempers-small-business-confidence-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220429-uncertainty-tempers-small-business-confidence-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220429-uncertainty-tempers-small-business-confidence-wsj-survey/#respond Mon, 02 May 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=40562 Last month, the uncertainty of the Russia-Ukraine war and its impact on the economy led to a dropoff in confidence among small businesses. While the war’s impact may have lessened, uncertainty persists for small businesses, largely in the form of...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220429-uncertainty-tempers-small-business-confidence-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Small business economic confidence plummets [WSJ/Vistage March 2022] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220415-small-business-confidence-plummets-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220415-small-business-confidence-plummets-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220415-small-business-confidence-plummets-wsj-survey/#respond Fri, 15 Apr 2022 21:47:27 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=40471 While small business confidence hit a plateau through different economic headwinds over the last several months, the Russian invasion of Ukraine certainly amped up uncertainty levels, causing the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index to fall 9 points in one...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220415-small-business-confidence-plummets-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Small business confidence stuck on pause [WSJ/Vistage Feb 2022] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220303-small-business-confidence-stuck-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220303-small-business-confidence-stuck-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220303-small-business-confidence-stuck-wsj-survey/#respond Thu, 03 Mar 2022 23:15:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=40069 While the past month has brought some calming of the headwinds of supply chain problems and Omicron-related absences, there has been little improvement in operational challenges of talent scarcity and inflationary pressures facing small businesses. As a result, the WSJ/Vistage...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220303-small-business-confidence-stuck-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Small business confidence retreats amid January’s Omicron surge [WSJ/Vistage Jan 2022] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220211-small-business-confidence-retreats-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220211-small-business-confidence-retreats-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220211-small-business-confidence-retreats-wsj-survey/#respond Fri, 11 Feb 2022 21:40:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=39965 After increasing in December, volatile conditions brought by the latest surge in the COVID-19 Omicron variant reversed the gains in small business confidence. In January, the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index fell back to 99.5, identical to November’s reading....

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