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Corporate caution, financial market optimism
Deloitte CFO Survey: 2019 Q2
July 2019
The quarterly CFO Survey is firmly established with media and policy makers as the authoritative barometer of UK corporates’ sentiment and strategies. It is the only survey of major corporate users of capital that gauges attitudes to valuations, risk and financing.
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“The hesitant mood captured by the CFO Survey is in marked contrast to the buoyant spirits recently on display in financial markets. Meanwhile measures of financial market volatility have declined, even though a majority of CFOs rate uncertainty as being at high or very high levels. The downbeat mood of UK CFOs, one that is also on view in the German IFO and the US ISM surveys, suggests business is less sanguine.”
Ian Stewart, chief economist at Deloitte
“The continued challenging and uncertain macro-economic environment is weighing on the corporate sector and its job creation and investment plans. Companies are looking for more certainty around our country’s economic future, as they prepare themselves for a post-Brexit environment.”
Richard Houston, senior partner and chief executive of Deloitte North and South Europe
Previous editions
The Deloitte CFO Survey: 2019 Q1
The dash for cash
The Deloitte CFO Survey: 2018 Q4
Cost is king
The Deloitte CFO Survey: 2018 Q3
Deal or no deal – that is the question
The Deloitte CFO Survey: 2018 Q2
Defensive and watchful
The Deloitte CFO Survey: 2018 Q1
Brexit transition boosts business confidence
The Deloitte CFO Survey: 2017 Q4
Focus on cost control, no retreat on growth
The Deloitte CFO Survey: 2017 Q3
Optimism bounces
The Deloitte CFO Survey: 2017 Q2
The Deloitte CFO Survey: 2017 Q1
Brexit shock eases
The Deloitte CFO Survey: 2016 Q4
Greater optimism yet to ignite risk appetite
The Deloitte CFO Survey: 2016 Q3
Brexit looms large
The Deloitte CFO Survey: 2016 Q2
Brexit blow to business confidence
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