The Duke/CFO Business Outlook survey is conducted quarterly. The survey polls CFOs of both public and private companies around the globe.
Be sure to check this site for third-quarter survey results on September 13, 2011.

JUNE 2011 RESULTS

61 Consecutive Quarters!

Press Releases
(GLOBAL CFO SURVEY: Slow Job Growth, But Improved Benefits and Wages) [pdf format]
(RISING FUEL COSTS SPUR COMPANIES TO EMBRACE GREEN SOLUTIONS) [pdf format]
(TO THE CLOUDS, WITH RESERVATIONS) [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

Dubai Eye Radio
Interview with John Graham
June 22

National Public Radio
Jobs Numbers May Point to Faltering Economy
June 3

WUNC
CFO Optimism Not as Strong
June 9

North Carolina News Network
CFOs See Cloudy Economic Forecast
June 13

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March 2011 Podcast
Duke's Fuqua School of Business

USAToday.com
U.S. Companies Take Green Steps to Offset Oil Prices
June 15

Wall Street Journal
Retirement Plans Make Comeback, with Limits
June 14

The Financial
Rising Oil Prices Are Driving Greener Initiatives
June 21

Zawya
CFO Optimism Drops Amid Sovereign Debt Crisis in Europe, High Oil Prices and Japan Disaster
June 21

FINS (Dow Jones)
Employment Outlook Darkens
June 8
 
Business Insider
Can’t Shake That ‘Walking Pneumonia’ Economy
June 9

Wall Street Cheat Sheet
Here’s What CFOs Think About the Job Market and Economy
June 12

Triangle Business Journal
Duke Survey: CFO Optimism Wanes
June 8
Also published in
Nashville Business Journal
Charlotte Business Journal

CFO Magazine
CFO Optimism Is Down, and So Is Hiring
June 9

Raleigh News & Observer
CFOs Are Increasingly Gloomy on Economic Growth
June 8

Durham Herald-Sun
Duke Survey: CFOs Less Upbeat
June 9

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