Economic Optimism Continues to Improve Among CPA Executives

Heightened optimism among CPA financial executives seems to indicate the worst of the recession is in the past, but the consensus is growing that the U.S. economy is still a ways off from achieving a full recovery. While optimism about the economy continued to improve and spread across most industries in the third quarter, the percentage of executives who don’t see a recovery beginning until at least the second half of 2010 increased substantially (27% vs. 43%) from the previous quarter.

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Published on 08/26/2009 in Business & Industry, People Management, Strategic Planning Budgeting & Forecasting

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