CEOs see pandemic hangover ending this year, forecasting ‘strong’ business growth

Strategic Wealth Partners President and CEO Mark Tepper and FOX Business’ Dagen McDowell share their thoughts on the future of hiring. 

A majority of CEOs think their businesses are poised for strong growth over the next year as the economic pain from the coronavirus-triggered crash last year begins to fade away.

A new survey published by Deloitte this week shows that 77% of chief executives are projecting “very strong” or “strong” growth over the next 12 months. Just 23% projected “modest” growth, and no respondents said they think economic growth will be “weak” or “very weak.”  

“While CEOs may be divided on the duration of pandemic business effects more generally, their bullish outlook on the future of their own organizations is remarkably in sync,” the survey said. 

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