Duke CFO Survey

CFOs Want Immigration Reform For Certain Jobs

Leoneda Inge — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:24:59 +0000

The latest Global Business Outlook survey from Duke University and CFO Magazine shows companies are hungry for immigration reform. Close to 90 percent of Chief Financial Officers surveyed say the U.S. government should adopt a merit-based system to determine which immigrants would get to stay and work in this country.

Duke Finance Professor John Graham is director of the quarterly Global Business Outlook survey. He says they had not asked this type of immigration question before.

CFOs Worried About "Fiscal Cliff"

Leoneda Inge — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:55:00 +0000

Pessimism is growing among Chief Financial Officers as debate continues over how to address the impending “fiscal cliff.” The results of the latest Duke University – CFO Magazine Survey are in.

Campbell Harvey: "Given the uncertainty of the fiscal cliff, that the CFOs are giving us the very strong message that they have stopped hiring."

Duke - CFO Magazine Sees Optimism

Leoneda Inge — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:00:00 +0000

A survey by Duke University shows Chief Financial Officers from across the country were more optimistic the last quarter of the year than in earlier months.

CFOs More Optimistic

Leoneda Inge — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Chief Financial Officers say they are a lot more optimistic about the economy in this last quarter of 2010 than they were just a few months ago.

More than 800 CFOs from across the country – representing public and private companies – were surveyed by Duke University and CFO Magazine.

Kate O’Sullivan is Senior Editor at CFO Magazine. She says 50-percent of the CFOs surveyed say their companies plan on spending money in the new year on everything from research and development to full-time hiring.