Sep 8, 2020
Finance executives in the United States are more confident about
their own businesses than about the overall economy. Why is that?
And what is the hiring outlook for companies for the next 12
months? Ken Witt, CPA, CGMA, a senior manager for management
accounting and member engagement at the AICPA, provides further
detail and analysis on the quarterly Business and Industry Economic
Outlook Survey, the last before the Nov. 3 presidential election.
What you’ll learn from this episode: - How finance leaders view the
domestic economy and their own businesses. - Why election season
brought about a change to the list of top challenges this quarter.
- The component in the CPA Outlook Index that ranks higher than
others by a wide margin. - The business sectors showing improvement
and the ones that continue to struggle. - How the pandemic may be
changing the real estate needs of businesses.