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Currently, the increasing majority of America’s best executives expect the US economy to enter the Recession in the near future, according to a poll published on Monday.
Of the more than 300 CEOs interviewed in April, 62% stated that in the next six months they predicted a recession or other economic downturn, according to the CEO, the branch group that works Poll. This is compared to 48%that said the same thing in March.
The heads of the head emphasize the increasing concern in corporate America around the future of the US economy. Fear of future recession over the past two weeks has reached a boiling point when President Donald Trump’s tariff policy will go again increased volatility in the financial markets and immersed panic Among some consumers.
Indeed, about three quarters of the polled executives said the tariffs would damage their business in 2025. About two -thirds said they did not support the proposed Trump, many of which are now on a pause.
Economic anxiety among executives
The monthly poll since 2002 has included several data points that draw a picture of how the main business executives in America see the economy.
In April, the index of the heads on the current business conditions collapsed by 9%, continuing a decrease after a 20% decrease in the previous month. The measure is now at the lowest level from the first months of the pandemic in 2020.
When he predicted the business condition per year, the leaders of the leaders have been stabbed since March. However, these testimony has been the lowest since the end of 2012 and since the end of 2024 was about 29%.
The poll shows that this year more than four of the five chief executives, which is not surprising, given current taxes on imports between the White House and foreign countries. About half are predicted by their interest costs in double -digit figures.
In this direction, only 37% said they believe that the profit of their companies would increase. This is a steep drop from 76%that this response gave in January.
Certainly, the set of executives included several bright spots. Just over half of the respondents said they provided for business conditions that improve over the next year, increasing compared to 39% of the lobe earlier.
Many Directors can also receive some tariff assistance. Trump announced at the end of Friday that smartphones and PCs would be released from duties, although the secretary of trade Howard Lutnit said on Sunday that these exceptions would be temporary.
The executive heads of the executive power come when the US Business Businesses began to flash a warning sign in the country’s economic future.
Jpmorgan chase CEO Jamie Dimon said on Friday what was waiting for profits for S&P 500 company to the fall Out of uncertainty around Trump’s fees. Also on Friday, Black CEO Larry Fink warned that the US economy may have already weakened to such an extent.
“I think we’re very close, if not, recession now,” Fink said at CNBC “Skin on the street.“
