The Duke/CFO Magazine Business Outlook Survey is conducted quarterly. Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and CFO magazine poll the CFOs of both public and private companies in the U.S. representing a broad range of industries, geographic areas and revenues.

Recent Media Coverage

VIDEO

CFO Survey results on CNBC September 15, 2004

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Canada’s Report on Business Television, September 27, 2004
Professor Campbell Harvey

AUDIO

CORPORATIONS AND OIL PRICES
KSFN Radio, September 24, 2004
Las Vegas, Nevada

PRINT/ONLINE

CASH MACHINES
The Wall Street Journal, September 17, 2004

MANUFACTURING IN U.S. SHOWS VIGOR AS OUTPUT INCREASES 0.5%
The Wall Street Journal, September 16, 2004

CORP FINANCIAL OFFICERS MORE WORRIED ABOUT ECON OUTLOOK
Dow Jones Newswires, September 15, 2004

WHAT PEOPLE WANT MORE THAN LOTTERY LOOT: JOBS
Ventura
County Star (CA), September 28, 2004

OUTLOOK IS STILL A QUANDARY
San Francisco Chronicle, September 18, 2004

DUKE: CFOs LESS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ECONOMY
Triangle Business Journal, September 15, 2004

SURVEY: ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN TOPS CFO CONCERNS, HEALTHCARE SPENDING ALSO RANK HIGH UP ON LIST
Winston Salem Journal, September 16, 2004

INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT INCREASES FOR 7TH TIME THIS YEAR
Rocky Mountain News, September 16, 2004

CFOs EXPECT SLOWER GROWTH
The News & Observer, September 16, 2004

DUKE CFOs LESS OPTIMISTIC
The Herald Sun Newspaper, September 15, 2004


Duke/CFO Magazine Business Outlook Survey

SEPTEMBER 2004 RESULTS


Press Release (CFOs CONCERNED ABOUT U.S. ECONOMIC GROWTH, HEALTH CARE COSTS, TERRORISM )  [".pdf" format]

Results Weighted by Sales Revenue and Number of Employees
Tables of Key Numbers [doc file]

Equally Weighted Results
Topline tables (overall averages, etc.) [rtf file]
Banner tables (results conditional on firm characteristics, industry, location, etc.) [rtf file]

Actual Survey Questions