WSJ Vistage Small Business CEO Survey Archives | Vistage Research Center https://vistage.co.uk/research-centre/tag/wsj-vistage-small-business-ceo-survey/ Resource for Business Leadership, Coaching, and CEOs Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:10:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.4 Small business economic confidence reaches 2-year high [WSJ/Vistage Feb 2024] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240226-small-business-confidence-2-year-high-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20240226-small-business-confidence-2-year-high-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240226-small-business-confidence-2-year-high-wsj-survey/#respond Mon, 26 Feb 2024 15:14:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=45192 As 2023 gets further away in the rearview mirror, small business confidence continues to climb in February, marking the fourth consecutive monthly increase. The WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index rose to 93.3, reaching its highest level since February 2022....

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240226-small-business-confidence-2-year-high-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Rates of change illustrate small business optimism [WSJ/Vistage Jan 2024] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240129-rates-of-change-small-business-optimism-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20240129-rates-of-change-small-business-optimism-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240129-rates-of-change-small-business-optimism-wsj-survey/#respond Mon, 29 Jan 2024 19:30:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=45058 Small businesses finished the year with a surge of positivity, and this trend continued, albeit with a bit of caution, in January. The WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index reached 90.0, marking the highest level of the past 12 months....

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240129-rates-of-change-small-business-optimism-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Small businesses welcome the new year with optimism [WSJ/Vistage Dec 2023] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240105-small-businesses-welcome-optimism-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20240105-small-businesses-welcome-optimism-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240105-small-businesses-welcome-optimism-wsj-survey/#respond Fri, 05 Jan 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=44943 New year. New budgets. New outlook. Small businesses are welcoming in the new year with renewed optimism, as evidenced by a near 8-point jump in the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index this past December. Indeed, December indicates signs of...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240105-small-businesses-welcome-optimism-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Small business confidence holds despite high-interest rates [WSJ/Vistage Nov 2023] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20231201-small-business-confidence-remains-steady-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20231201-small-business-confidence-remains-steady-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20231201-small-business-confidence-remains-steady-survey/#respond Fri, 01 Dec 2023 21:15:39 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=44790 Small businesses have become numb to uncertainty. Over the last month, state elections, the Israeli-Hamas war and a potential shutdown of the U.S. government have not hindered small business confidence more than any other event this year. The WSJ/Vistage Small...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20231201-small-business-confidence-remains-steady-survey/feed/ 0 Rising human capital costs, uncertainty impact small business confidence [WSJ/Vistage Oct 2023] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20231026-small-business-confidence-human-capital-costs-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20231026-small-business-confidence-human-capital-costs-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20231026-small-business-confidence-human-capital-costs-wsj-survey/#respond Thu, 26 Oct 2023 18:53:43 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=44613 Despite inflation increasing just 3.7% for the past 2 months and the U.S. Federal Reserve deciding not to raise interest rates in September, small business sentiment about the economy’s future has declined. The WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index fell...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20231026-small-business-confidence-human-capital-costs-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Small business confidence remains steady and cautious [WSJ/Vistage Sept 2023] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20231002-small-business-confidence-remains-steady-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20231002-small-business-confidence-remains-steady-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20231002-small-business-confidence-remains-steady-wsj-survey/#respond Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:26:26 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=44501 After 3 months of incremental rise, small business confidence dipped slightly in September as the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index declined nominally to 84.2. The last three months have been above the year-to-date average of 81.4, and other than...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20231002-small-business-confidence-remains-steady-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Small business confidence splits over soft landing vs. recession. [WSJ/Vistage Aug 2023] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20230830-small-business-confidence-increases-marginally-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20230830-small-business-confidence-increases-marginally-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20230830-small-business-confidence-increases-marginally-wsj-survey/#respond Wed, 30 Aug 2023 17:40:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=44300 Overall confidence among small businesses rose incrementally in August for the third month in a row, with the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index reaching 84.4. The last two months have driven the year-to-date average to 81. However, this remains...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20230830-small-business-confidence-increases-marginally-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Small business confidence improves for second consecutive month [WSJ/Vistage July 2023]  https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20230728-small-business-confidence-improves-for-second-month-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20230728-small-business-confidence-improves-for-second-month-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20230728-small-business-confidence-improves-for-second-month-wsj-survey/#respond Fri, 28 Jul 2023 19:32:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=44236 While small business confidence remains at lower than average levels, the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index posted a second month-over-month increase, driven by decreasing pessimism about the U.S. economy. Five of the six components that comprise the WSJ/Vistage Small...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20230728-small-business-confidence-improves-for-second-month-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Small business confidence improves after debt ceiling dip [WSJ/Vistage June 2023] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20230629-small-business-confidence-improves-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20230629-small-business-confidence-improves-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20230629-small-business-confidence-improves-wsj-survey/#respond Thu, 29 Jun 2023 18:55:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=44160 After the uncertainty of the debt ceiling status that impacted small business confidence in May, the June WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index increased 6.5 points to reach 79.8, returning to the level recorded this past March. While all six...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20230629-small-business-confidence-improves-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Small business confidence erodes as economic sentiment hits record lows [WSJ/Vistage May 2023] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20230602-small-business-confidence-erodes-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20230602-small-business-confidence-erodes-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20230602-small-business-confidence-erodes-wsj-survey/#respond Fri, 02 Jun 2023 19:20:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=44105 Only twice in the nearly 11-year history of the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index has sentiment about the future of the U.S. economy been worse. The Index dropped to 73.3, falling 7% compared to last month, making it the...

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