The Duke/CFO Business Outlook survey is conducted quarterly. The survey polls CFOs of both public and private companies around the globe.

JUNE 2009 RESULTS

53 Consecutive Quarters!

Press Release
(CFO SURVEY: RECESSION TO DRAG ON FOR REST OF 2009, CREDIT CONDITIONS DETERIORATE FOR MANY FIRMS, CAPITAL SPENDING AND EMPLOYMENT TO BE SLASHED) [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]
Industry Analysis New!
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

National Public Radio
Post-Recession: Some Jobs Gone for Good
September 2

Wall Street Journal
Halting Recovery Divides America in Two
August 29

NPR: All Things Considered
U.S. Shed 467,000 Jobs in June
July 2

MSNBC: It's the Economy
Interview with John Graham
June 4

WUNC Radio (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill)
June 3

More...

June 2009 Podcast
Duke's Fuqua School of Business

Financial Times
Europe’s Finance Directors Remain Gloomy
June 3

BusinessWeek
CFOs Feeling More Upbeat
June 3

CNNMoney.com
Recovery: American CFOs More Optimistic Than Europeans
June 3
Also on:
CNN Radio (Affiliated Station List)

Economist
June 3

Startpagina (Netherlands)
June 4

Diario Economico (Lisbon, Portugal)
North American Executives Are More Optimistic Than Europeans
June 3

Mercury News (Silicon Valley)
June 3
 
Omaha World-Herald
Recession to Carry Into Next Year
June 3

Triangle Business Journal (Raleigh, NC)
Duke, CFO Study: CFOs Foresee More Job Cuts, Credit Woes
June 3
Also in:
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Washington Business Journal
Baltimore Business Journal
Houston Business Journal

Herald-Sun (Durham, NC)
Duke Professor: Second Wave of Foreclosures Possible
June 3
Also on:
NBC17.com (Raleigh, NC)

WRAL.com (Raleigh, NC)
Economic Hard Times Far From Over, CFOs Say in Survey
June 3

Raleigh News & Observer
CFOs: Better Times Around the Bend
June 4

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