CEO Economic Outlook

Q1 2025 Vistage CEO Confidence Index Analysis

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This CEO Economic Outlook includes sentiment captured in March 2025, as well as analysis of the Q1 2025 Vistage CEO Confidence Index.

It’s like it never happened. The post-election euphoria that drove the Vistage CEO Confidence Index up a record 18.4 points in Q4 2024 was completely erased – and then some – in Q1 2025. The dramatic quarter-over-quarter drop is historic on the surface. Here’s everything you need to know about the CEO Outlook in Q1 of 2025.

About the CEO Confidence Index

Since 2003 the Vistage CEO Confidence Index has been the definitive voice of high-performing, high-integrity small and midsize business leaders. As a proven leading indicator, the Vistage CEO Index provides world-class insights that are relied on by chief decision-makers each quarter. Analysis by ITR Economics, an independent third party, has revealed that the Vistage CEO Confidence Index is a leading indicator of the U.S. Industrial Production Index 9 months in advance.

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