As the capabilities of generative AI continue to improve, the CFO Survey can provide us insights on the impact these tools are having on firms and the growth of their productivity.

The current outlook of small firms is noticeably worse than for large firms. On average, small firms report being more affected by tight financing conditions, are less optimistic about the economy and their own prospects, and expect lower revenue growth in 2023.

Results from the fourth quarter 2022 CFO Survey indicate that although monetary policy has grown as a key concern for respondents, most note that current interest rate levels have not affected their capital or non-capital spending plans. We also find evidence that if employers were looking to raise wages to account for inflation in 2022, the catch-up was only partial.

In the third quarter 2022 CFO Survey, more firms reported elevated cost increases and the ability to pass a larger chunk of those cost increases on via price increases.

The second quarter results from The CFO Survey reveal growing concerns about the outlook for the U.S. economy. Firms continue to struggle amid the high inflation environment and against a backdrop of further removal of monetary accommodation.

The first quarter CFO Survey revealed firms' dampened optimism about the U.S. economy and lower projections for real GDP growth and equity market performance. At the same time, firms are hampered by hiring difficulties that are restraining revenue growth.

Third and fourth quarter results from The CFO Survey point to widening constraints on labor supply and intensifying supply chain disruptions that are showing up as rising costs that could feed through to higher prices.

Results from the second quarter CFO Survey indicate that, on average, firms expect larger than normal cost increases to persist until spring 2022. What does that mean for consumer prices?

The economic recovery from the pandemic-induced downturn of 2020 has been swift in terms of overall spending. Could the recovery in spending be even stronger if labor shortages could be resolved?

First quarter survey results suggest that non-residential investment is likely to continue to be sluggish, at least over the next six months.

Firms anticipate it will take some time to dig out from the shocking decline of the spring.

The second quarter CFO survey results paint a nuanced picture of how firms view changes in revenue and employment over the next 18 months.

In the second quarter CFO Survey, businesses were fairly pessimistic about the path of employment growth.

After almost 25 years of running the Duke/CFO Global Business Outlook survey, Duke's Fuqua School of Business is joining forces with the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond and Atlanta to launch The CFO Survey.