The quarterly Deloitte CFO Survey has been gauging sentiment and balance-sheet strategies among the UK’s largest businesses since 2007.
"Finance leaders have entered the second half of the year in a confident mood. This is not solely a sentiment story, as expectations for revenue growth have also risen sharply.
Perceptions of uncertainty have fallen in the wake of the election and against a background of low inflation and a recovering economy. With corporate risk appetite on the rise, business is gearing up for growth."
Ian Stewart, Chief Economist at Deloitte
“We’ve seen a significant shift in risk appetite post the general election and the new government’s focus on growth and stability is already starting to feed through to corporate confidence.
Business leaders want industrial strategy to be top of the new government’s economic priorities, and there’s a clear desire to work in partnership to unlock growth and drive productivity. That will be key to delivering a more inclusive and sustainable future for the UK.”
Richard Houston, Chief Executive
Download the PDF to access all the historical data series from the Deloitte CFO Survey. Data from the CFO Survey is also hosted on Thomson Reuters Datastream, Bloomberg, Factset and Macrobond. Please feel free to use any of the data series in your documents or presentations.
Email Tom Simmons to receive a copy of our spreadsheet containing our CFO Survey data.