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Director Confidence Index – February 2023
Board members agree on one thing and that’s uncertainty. Many say that demand has weakened, while others say their sector remains strong.
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Director Confidence Index – January 2023
Board members predict a short-term recession in 2023 fueled mainly by uncertainty. Most expect recovery by the end of 2023, if not sooner, and look forward to more stability both domestically and globally.
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Director Confidence Index – December 2022
As inflation continues to cool nearing the end of 2022, corporate board members’ forecasts for the future of the economy 12 months from now lighten up.
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Director Confidence Index – October 2022
October polling of public company directors finds 86 percent now saying recession in the U.S. is no longer avoidable.
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Director Confidence Index – September 2022
Latest poll shows boardroom optimism sliding as directors brace for a recession, but the expected trough may be less severe than previously anticipated.
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Director Confidence Index – July 2022
The latest reading from the Director Confidence Index shows director optimism rising for the first time in seven months, despite a growing number of directors worried about recession in the near term.
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Director Confidence Index – June 2022
The latest reading from the Director Confidence Index shows director optimism now down 19 percent since January.
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Director Confidence Index – May 2022
Directors continue to downgrade their rating of future business conditions this month after a nosedive in April.
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Director Confidence Index – April 2022
Boardroom optimism continued to falter for the 12th month in a row according to our April Director Confidence Index, conducted in partnership between Corporate Board Member and the Diligent Institute. There’s little sign of a rebound.
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Director Confidence Index – March 2022
Director optimism in future business conditions hit its lowest level since September 2020 when we began polling directors for the Director Confidence Index, as concerns over politics, inflation and labor grow.