Melanie Nolen

Nashville

Research Editor at Corporate Board Member

Research Editor at Chief Executive Magazine

Author at CFO Leadership

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CEO Optimism Remains At Multi-Year Low In April Survey Amid Growing Recession Forecasts And Uncertainty

1 week ago | chiefexecutive.net | Dan Bigman |Melanie Nolen

Chief Executive’s April survey of U.S. CEO confidence finds their ratings of current business conditions at the lowest level since the Covid-19 pandemic shuttered business in the spring of 2020. Their outlook for the year to come remains stalled at a multi-year low as well. The index, based on U.S. CEOs’ rating of current business conditions on a 1-10 scale where 1 is Poor and 10 is Excellent, dipped to 4.6 from 5.0 in March. It is down 28 percent since the start of 2025.
Boardroom Outlook Plunges 30 Percent In Q1 Survey Amid Worries About Washington

3 weeks ago | boardmember.com | Melanie Nolen

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Canadian CEO Confidence Declines Sharply In March

1 month ago | chiefexecutive.net | Melanie Nolen

Confidence among Canada’s CEO community fell sharply in March, amid tariff uncertainty with the Trump administration in the U.S. Our forward-looking indicator, which tracks CEOs’ outlook for business 12 months out, declined to 4.8 on a 10-point scale where 1 is Poor and 10 is Excellent. That is 20 percent lower than in January (5.9).
CEO Optimism Plummets In March Amid Tariff Uncertainty

1 month ago | chiefexecutive.net | Melanie Nolen

After a double-digit surge in optimism in the months following the November presidential election, confidence among America’s business community fell sharply the first week of March, according to Chief Executive’s latest CEO Confidence Index, fielded March 4 and 5. CEOs’ rating of current business conditions in the U.S. fell 20 percent from January, from 6.3 to 5 out of 10, on a scale where 1 is Poor and 10 is Excellent.
What Directors Think: A Changing Risk Landscape

2 months ago | boardmember.com | Melanie Nolen

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CFO Optimism Hits Multi-Year High - StrategicCFO360

2 months ago | strategiccfo360.com | Melanie Nolen

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Director Optimism Stalls Over Tariffs In December Poll

Dec 20, 2024 | boardmember.com | Melanie Nolen

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Canadian CEO Outlook Dimmed In Q4

Nov 20, 2024 | chiefexecutive.net | Melanie Nolen

Canadian business leaders are worried—and for many, the reason is politics. Chief Executive’s Q4 polling of nearly 300 CEOs across the country finds Canada’s business chiefs concerned over the political environment at home and abroad. Several voiced uncertainty as to how the U.S. presidential election will affect Canadian businesses and social trends, while others reiterated a change was much needed in Ottawa as well.
CFO Outlook for 2025 Gets Post-Election Boost

Nov 18, 2024 | strategiccfo360.com | Melanie Nolen

Whichever side of the political aisle they stand on, America’s finance chiefs echoed their CEO peers in our latest CFO Confidence Index in expressing relief that the U.S. had moved beyond the uncertainty that accompanied a contentious election cycle.
Director Optimism Soars In Post-Election Survey

Nov 15, 2024 | boardmember.com | Melanie Nolen

The past few years have been marked by significant headwinds for business in the U.S., but if you listen to the hundreds of public company board members who participated in our post-election poll last week, that may be about to change.