Business Hiring and Revenue Expectations Highest Since 2007

Optimism for the nation’s economic outlook among U.S. business leaders remained strong at a net balance of 69 percent in third quarter 2014, according to the latest data from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR), a survey of more than 2,500 business leaders in 34 countries. Conversely, optimism among business executives in Germany plummeted 43 percentage points to just net 36 percent.