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== THE CFO Survey ==
== The CFO Survey ==
Financial decision-makers lowered their expectations for U.S. economic growth in the next year, with almost 40 percent of small firms expecting that tighter financing will curtail business spending. <ref>https://www.richmondfed.org/press_room/press_releases/2023/the_cfo_survey_20230628</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!CFOs' Growth Expectations for Their Own Firms, by Response Quarter
! colspan="2" |Q2  2023
! colspan="2" |Q1 2023
|-
|Mean (and Median) Expected Year-Over-Year Percentage Change for Calendar Years
|2023
|2024
|2023
|2024
|-
|Revenue
|2.9%
(5.0%)
|6.7%
(5.0%)
|7.2%
(6.0%)
|7.1%
(5.0%)
|-
|Price
|4.6%
(3.8%)
|5.0%
(3.0%)
|5.2%
(5.0%)
|4.0%
(4.0%)
|-
|Unit Cost
|6.8%
(5.0%)
|5.7%
(3.0%)
|6.0%
(5.0%)
|4.6%
(4.0%)
|-
|Employment (full-time)
|6.1%
(2.5%)
|2.7%
(1.5%)
|2.2%
(2.6%)
|3.4%
(2.5%)
|-
|Wage Bill
|6.5%
(5.0%)
|5.9%
(4.0%)
|7.1%
(5.0%)
|5.9%
(4.0%)
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!CFOs’ Expectations for Real GDP Growth Over Next Four Quarters, by Response Quarter
!Q2 2023
!Q1 2023
|-
|Weighted Mean
|1.0%
|1.4%
|-
|Weighted Median
|0.8%
|1.3%
|-
|Probability of Negative Growth
|24.5%
|19.3%
|}


== Small Business Index ==
== Small Business Index ==