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After dipping in April, the Accountants Confidence Index bounced up in May, with both the short-term and mid-term measurements rising.

After February's retrenchment, the short-term and mid-term ACIs continued that moderation in March, dropping slighly -- though they remained comfortably in positive territory.

After three months trending upward, the short-term and mid-term ACIs both retrenched slightly in the first month of the year -- though they remained comfortably in positive territory.

After rising in November, the short-term and mid-term ACI readings both continued their upward trend in December, with the short-term and the long-term readings both both comfortably in positive territory.

After levelling off in October, the short-term and mid-term ACI readings both rose in November, with the short-term reading just barely nudging into positive territory.

The short-term and mid-term ACI readings both levelled off in October, with the short-term reading still indicating expectations of contraction.

The short-term and mid-term ACI readings both declined again in September, with the short-term reading indicating expectations of contraction.

The short-term and mid-term ACI readings remained in sync in September, though this month that meant that they both declined.

The short-term and mid-term ACI readings got back into sync in August, with both heading upward after diverging in July.

The short-term and mid-term ACI readings headed in different directions this month, though both remain positive.

After several months of decline -- and two months of predicting contraction in the short-term -- our Accountants Confidence Index sharply rebounded.

Our Accountants Confidence Index remained split between growth and contraction, after the short-term outlook dipped into the negative last month.

Our Accountants Confidence Index split between growth and contraction, with the short-term outlook particularly grim.

Our Accountants Confidence Index remained positive but dipped even closer to contraction, with the short-term outlook particularly grim.

Our Accountants Confidence Index remained positive but uncertain, with a slight boost in the short-term expectations of growth, but a slight decrease in the mid-term expectations.

Our Accountants Confidence Index wobbled slightly at the end of the year, though it continued its positive trend for the fourth month in a row, with expectations of growth in both the short- and the mid-term.

Our Accountants Confidence Index continued its positive trend for the third month in a row, with expectations of growth in both the short- and the mid-term.

After a sharp drop last month, our Accountants Confidence Index made up the ground it lost this month, returning to expectations of growth in both the short- and the mid-term.

After three months of rises, our Accountants Confidence Index dropped sharply for this month, with expectations of contraction in the short-term.