Economic sentiments among some of America’s top corporate leaders have taken a sharp dip during the second quarter, reaching their lowest level since 2020.
What Happened: On Wednesday, the Business Roundtable, a non-profit lobbyist association, released its second quarter of 2025 CEO Economic Outlook Survey, a composite index that tracks the plans and predictions of leading CEOs and their organizations for the next 6 months.
This time around, the reading showed a 15-point decline in sentiments to 69, marking its lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, based on a survey conducted from June 2 to June 13.
The decline places the index well below its historical average of 83, but it is still above the 50-point threshold, a sign …