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quote_leftSmall and mid-size businesses need stability from the upcoming administration. Everything was so up in the air this year, so as CEOs, we need to know where we stand and what the plan is. Just the fact that someone's there and knows what issues to address is important.quote_right

Alex McKay
President, CEO
ARMA Design
San Diego

The Voice of Main Street Business

The Vistage CEO Confidence Index is a compilation of responses from more than 2,000 CEOs of small- to mid-sized companies. The Vistage CEO Confidence Index began in Q1 2003 and is the largest and only comprehensive report of small and mid-size CEO opinions and projections.

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Q3 2009 Vistage CEO Confidence Index™

Vistage CEO Confidence Index Jumps Unprecedented
15 Points

CEOs Moving From Recession to Recovery

SAN DIEGO (October 2, 2009) – There is a new surge of optimism among Main Street CEOs, according to the Vistage CEO Confidence Index.  The Q3 Index recorded the highest quarterly gain in economic confidence since 2003. The quarterly CEO Confidence Index rose to 84.9, up from 69.0 in the 2nd quarter of this year and 48.7 percent in the last quarter of 2008.

Vistage CEO Confidence Index Results“Half of the CEOs in our survey believe the economic recovery has begun,” says Rafael Pastor, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Vistage International.  “More than 80 percent see their company revenues and profits increasing in the next 12 months.  While Main Street CEOs do not expect the recovery to be easy, they are adopting new strategies for the new economic landscape.”

CEOs cited targeting new types of customers and developing new lines of products and services, as well as using social media and online marketing more, as their top three strategies to adapt to the new economic landscape. Also, 43 percent of the CEOs are currently doing or plan to do business internationally in the next 12 months, with Europe and China being the principal places to expand.

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2009 Confidence Index Calendar (tentative)

2009 Confidence Index Calendar (tentative)
QuarterSurvey OpensSurvey ClosesResults Released
Q1 2009 April 7, 2009 April 16, 2009 April 21, 2009
Q2 2009 July 6, 2009 July 16, 2009 July 24, 2009
Q3 2009 September 14, 2009 September 24, 2009 October 2, 2009
Q4 2009 November 30, 2009 December 10, 2009 December 17, 2009

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