CFO Optimism Index

Duke University and CFO Magazine take a quarterly survey of more than 500 company Chief Financial Officers, asking them about their expectations for the coming year and their optimism about their company and the US Economy as a whole.

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• Duke - Fuqua School of Business

Summary

Time Series Data

• Range	Jun 2002 to Sep 2008 (6 years)
  Scale	Monthly to Yearly

• Rows	26
  Columns	8

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Economics

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• Initial (1.4 kb) Jan 04, 2008
• Append (54 bytes) Jun 19, 2008

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Survey Date see all graphs Range Jun 2002 to Sep 2008 (6 years) Scale Monthly to Yearly

Optimism Index: US economy see all graphs Max 87.2% Avg 8.1% Min -64.0% Sum 211.6% Std Dev 0.39

Optimism Index: Company see all graphs Max 60.5% Avg 24.3% Min -8.5% Sum 632.6% Std Dev 0.19

Predicted Earnings Growth see all graphs Max 28.7% Avg 11.2% Min 2.9% Sum 291.5% Std Dev 0.05