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.
Our Accountants Confidence Index continued on a positive track from the previous month, with expectations of growth in both the short- and the mid-term.
The moderation of April got even more moderate in May, with our Accountants Confidence Index dropping still further, and the short-term prediction even dipping below break-even into contraction.
Following last month's strong performance, our Accountants Confidence Index moderated a bit -- remaining in positive territory with predictions of modest growth in both the short- and the mid-term, but with readings that were somewhat down from our last two reports in February and March.
After a long spate of pessimism, our Accountants Confidence Index shook off the gloom and reported an expectation -- just barely -- of growth in both the short-term and the mid-term.
Following last month's flicker of hope, our Accountants Confidence Index moved even more firmly into positive territory for both the short-term and the mid-term.
Our Accountants Confidence Index continued on a positive track from the previous two months, with expectations of growth in both the short- and the mid-term.
After rebounding in October, our Accountants Confidence Index stayed positive this month, with expectations of growth in both the short- and the mid-term.
Our Accountants Confidence Index is much less pessimistic this month -- though it's still not optimistic, as our panelists still predict contraction in both the short term and the mid-term.
Our Accountants Confidence Index dropped fairly steeply this month, with two main possible culprits: First, our panelists may not have been pleased with the results of the election -- the accounting profession's political action committees had, overall, supported Gov. Romney's presidential bid -- but given that they seemed optimistic in the previous month, it seems likely that the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, which was still being assessed as we polled our Executive Research Council, plays a bigger role in the decline in the December ACI.
