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CEOs less confidence on hiring, econ outlook: poll
Marketwatch ^ | 9.29.11 | Staff

Posted on 09/29/2011 8:04:03 AM PDT by Free Vulcan

Top business executives feel less confident about the U.S. economic outlook and their ability to hire new workers than in previous quarters this year, according to a survey released Thursday by Business Roundtable.

Only 36% of chief executives thought their company's U.S. employment would increase in the next six months and 24% thought it would decrease, according to a survey of 140 chief executives conducted by Business Roundtable between Aug. 29 and Sept. 16. By contrast, in the second quarter poll, 51% of executives thought their company's U.S. employment would increase and only 11% thought it would decrease.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ceo; economy; employment; hiring
Nothing we don't already know, but we have confirmation of what business is thinking.
1 posted on 09/29/2011 8:04:13 AM PDT by Free Vulcan
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2 posted on 09/29/2011 8:08:50 AM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Free Vulcan

Nowhere in the article is Obamacare or future Federal Regulations mentioned. This is just another typical “Obama CYA” article.


3 posted on 09/29/2011 8:24:06 AM PDT by radioone ("2012 can't come soon enough")
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