CEO Confidence ‘Good’ Again In August Poll

America’s CEOs entered August with a brighter view of the business environment, extending the steady recovery in confidence seen over the past several months. 

Chief Executive’s August CEO Confidence Index, fielded August 4 and 5 among 285 U.S. CEOs, finds leaders increasingly confident in today’s business environment. Their rating of current conditions rose 3 percent from July, from 5.8 to 6 out of 10.  

That moves the Index into “good” territory for the first time since December 2025 and above where CEOs expected conditions to be by now. In August 2025, CEOs forecasted business conditions would reach approximately 5.7 by August 2026. Their current rating of 6/10 is 5 percent higher than that year-ago projection. 

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