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Small, medium business CEOs are losing a lot of confidence in the economy

Executives' confidence in the economy has fallen to pre-election levels.

Small, medium business CEOs are losing a lot of confidence in the economy
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By many measures, the U.S. economy still looks strong. Positive factors like job growth, rising wages and low unemployment inspired a lot of confidence in the economy — until recently. A quarterly survey of small- and medium-sized business CEOs finds that, after soaring over the past two years, confidence in the economy has fallen to pre-election levels.

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