Director Optimism Climbs To Highest Level In Two Years
Latest survey reveals heightened optimism that the worst is now behind us, as directors bet on stabilizing conditions to permeate business in the months ahead.
Latest survey reveals heightened optimism that the worst is now behind us, as directors bet on stabilizing conditions to permeate business in the months ahead.
More than half of directors polled now believe that if a recession does still happen in the U.S. this year, it will be mild and short-lived.
April reading of director confidence shows a reversal from March’s sharp SVB-led decline, though directors say they still don’t expect conditions to improve much over the next 12 months.
After significant back-to-back increases in January and February, directors’ outlook for business 12 months out slipped this month amid growing signs of economic headwinds.
Directors reflect on their risk oversight practices, as three-quarters say the SVB board failed in fulfilling its fiduciary duty to protect the company.
For the 20th anniversary of our What Directors Think research franchise, we took a look back at issues affecting governance at the turn of the century—and how directors’ perspectives have evolved since. This is the first of a four-part series.
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