Finance

The CFO Survey Shows Expectation of Slow Recovery

Oct 07, 2020

CFOs expect employment and revenues to remain below pre-COVID levels into 2021

Corporate financial decision-makers generally expect employment and revenues to remain below pre-COVID levels until at least 2021, although they remain optimistic about the future financial prospects for the U.S. economy and their own firms. This is according to results of The CFO Survey, a collaboration of Duke University’s Fuqua... read more

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