The Duke/CFO Business Outlook survey is conducted quarterly. The survey polls CFOs of both public and private companies around the globe. Look for Q3 results on September 15.

JUNE 2010 RESULTS

57 Consecutive Quarters!

Press Release
(CFO SURVEY: U.S. ECONOMY IMPROVING SLOWLY, BUT NOT SO SURELY) [pdf format]

Summary of Key Results
Tables of Key Numbers (US) [pdf file]
Tables of Key Numbers (Europe) [pdf file]
Tables of Key Numbers (Asia not including China) [pdf file]
Tables of Key Numbers (China) [pdf file]

Optimism Index


Detailed Results
United States Topline tables (overall averages, etc.) [rtf file]
Banner tables (results conditional on firm characteristics, industry, location,etc.) [zip file]
Europe Topline tables (overall averages, etc.) [rtf file]
Banner tables (results conditional on firm characteristics, industry, location, etc.) [zip file]
Asia (not including China) Topline tables (overall averages, etc.) [rtf file]
Banner tables (results conditional on firm characteristics, industry, location, etc.) [zip file]
China Topline tables (overall averages, etc.) [rtf
Banner tables (results conditional on firm characteristics, industry, location, etc.) [zip file]

 

Actual Survey Questions

United States [html file]
Europe [html file]
Asia and China [html file]

 

 

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Survey Director, John Graham, Finance Professor, Duke University

WRAL, Raleigh
Report: Job Growth News is ‘Grim’
June 9

NPR Weekend Edition
We Were Hoping for More from the Job Market
June 5

NPR: All Things Considered
Job Report Disappoints Economists
June 4

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June 2010 Podcast
Duke's Fuqua School of Business

Wall Street Journal
U.S. Firms Build Up Record Cash Piles
June 11

BusinessWeek.com
Finance Chiefs in U.S. See Limited Hiring, Pickup in Spending
June 9

Bloomberg News
Finance Chiefs in U.S. See Limited Hiring, Pickup in Spending
June 9

Washington Post
Bernanke Warns U.S. of ‘Unsustainable’ Debt Level
June 9

Kansas City Star
Corporate Execs See Limited Hiring, Survey Says
June 9

Raleigh News & Observer
CFOs Project Weak Hiring for Next 12 Months
June 9

Raleigh News & Observer
Home Depot Used Dip to Prepare for a Boom; Experts Say Many Companies Aren’t Ready for Recovery
June 20, 2010

Triangle Business Journal
Duke/CFO Survey: Job-Market Recovery to Crawl Until 2012
June 9

Durham Herald-Sun
CFOs’ Mood ‘Very Negative’
June 9

DailyMarkets.com
Can You Guess Which is Which?
June 9

CFO Magazine
The Recovery: Still Jobless
June 9

TechWire.com
Recovery is ‘Still Jobless,’ Duke Survey Finds
June 9

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