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As pessimism eases, small businesses remain cautious [WSJ/Vistage June 2025]

Anne Petrik — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 18:58:17 +0000

With the 90-day pause on tariffs delaying impacts until next month, small business confidence rebounded in June with a nearly 8-point increase over May. While this is a notable month-over-month increase, it is still not a complete recovery from the...

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Handling tariff turbulence: Strategies for stability amid uncertainty

casey-brown — Thu, 08 May 2025 12:42:00 +0000

Watch now: In this webinar, Boost Profit’s Casey Brown shares insights on pricing in turbulent times and navigating through tariffs, inflation and uncertainty. I’m getting a lot of questions about tariffs. “What should we do?” This week, the White House...

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Volatility and uncertainty erode confidence [WSJ/Vistage April 2025]

Anne Petrik — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 17:26:25 +0000

Among policy shifts, none are weighing more heavily on small businesses than tariffs. Tariff impact isn’t just about added cost — it’s about strategic paralysis. The abrupt imposition, reversal and reimposition of tariffs have created an environment where long-term planning...

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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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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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Tangling with tariffs in 2025: CEOs share their strategies

Anne Petrik — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 04:12:22 +0000

As the new administration moves forward with the promised tariffs in 2025, small and midsize businesses are concerned about their impacts. Last month, analysis of data from the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index revealed that 37% of small businesses...

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3 decision-making factors that will impact your business for the rest of 2022 [New report]

Joe Galvin — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 18:16:29 +0000

Between surging inflation, supply-chain snags, hiring woes and recession fears, it’s no surprise that CEO confidence has been on the decline. Recently, the Vistage CEO Confidence Index fell to 69.0, one of the lowest Index readings recorded since the start...

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