Following the decline in pessimism about the economy recorded last month, optimism among CEOs of small businesses did not increase according to a survey conducted by Vistage in December. While the percentage of CEOs that expect the economy to improve increased to 17% from 15% last month, the percentage that felt it would worsen also increased from 27% to 32%. Dr. Curtin, a researcher from University of Michigan who analyzed the results, explains this in more detail here.
