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NSBW 2025: While tariffs dominate, small businesses worry about tax policies

Anne Petrik — Wed, 07 May 2025 13:46:00 +0000

Economic uncertainty driven by tariffs has been keeping CEOs up at night. The latest WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index survey revealed that 72% of small businesses expect negative impacts from changing tariff and trade policies. However, a growing proportion...

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Uncertainty returns CEO confidence to pre-election levels [Q1 2025 CEO Index]

Joe Galvin — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 22:17:00 +0000

Uncertainty rules, much like it did through the recovery phase of a post-pandemic economy. The hopes and beliefs following the election for a pro-business tax and regulatory environment, along with stabilized inflation and interest rates and increased business activity, have...

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The 4 levels of Gen AI proficiency [New report]

Joe Galvin — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Superman may be faster than a speeding bullet, but so is Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI). Likewise, Gen AI gives superhuman strength to small and midsize businesses (SMBs) that know how to harness it. Knowledge workers, for example, are using...

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Tariffs continue to erode small business confidence [WSJ/Vistage March 2025]

Anne Petrik — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:04:55 +0000

The reversal of post-election optimism continues, with small business confidence declining for the third consecutive month. This follows the surge in November and December driven by expectations for business-friendly policies of a new administration. The WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence...

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The CEO Pulse: Tariffs Resource Center

Anne Petrik — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:29:00 +0000

Following the high of the 2024 election, the introduction of tariffs has deflated the optimism of CEOs of small and midsize businesses. Our latest research reveals that nearly 70% of CEOs expect negative impacts of changing tariff and trade policies,...

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What’s driving increasing CEO pessimism? Tariffs and trade

Anne Petrik — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:25:38 +0000

For CEOs of small and midsize businesses, the on-again, off-again tariffs are a source of increasing pessimism about the year ahead, and the threat of reciprocal tariffs and trade policies only adds to the uncertainty. Early analysis of the Q1...

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Post-election optimism reverses swiftly over tariffs [WSJ/Vistage Feb 2025]

Anne Petrik — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:50:00 +0000

The post-election confidence among small businesses has reversed over the last few months, dropping the WSJ/Vistage Small Business Index to 94.8 as details on tariffs — when, where and how much — have become clearer. While small business confidence has...

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Small business confidence settles post-election [WSJ/Vistage Jan 2025]

Anne Petrik — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 17:02:00 +0000

After rising for 4 months, confidence among small businesses has waned slightly in the new year. The WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index declined 5 points in January to 106.9. The survey was conducted before the inauguration; next month’s survey...

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Artificial Intelligence Resource Center

Anne Petrik — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Artificial intelligence has rushed to the forefront of business with the emergence of generative AI platforms such as ChatGPT. CEOs and executives are scrambling to take advantage of this new technology and its potential for disruption. In fact, 45% of...

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CEO confidence surges, indicating growth in 2025 [Q4 Vistage CEO Index]

Joe Galvin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 22:52:13 +0000

Heading into 2025, CEO confidence is optimistic on all fronts. The Vistage CEO Confidence Index soared 15.7 points to reach 100.8, signaling the approach of the long-anticipated growth cycle. Excluding the post-pandemic surge created by stimulus: Positive sentiment about the...

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