{"id":1624,"date":"2008-06-19T07:27:43","date_gmt":"2008-06-19T12:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/06\/fourth-quarter-comeback\/"},"modified":"2008-06-19T06:37:25","modified_gmt":"2008-06-19T11:37:25","slug":"fourth-quarter-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/06\/fourth-quarter-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Quarter Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been talking to many of our customers and have seen a consistent trend among our small sample size &#8211; Q4 is going to be a good quarter.\u00a0 Of course, that doesn&#8217;t do much for the last few days of this quarter and Q3, but it is a good sign.<\/p>\n<p>Now <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2008\/06\/18\/news\/economy\/business_outlook.ap\/index.htm?section=money_news_economy\">CNNMoney.com has an article<\/a> that may have a significantly larger sample size:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Business Roundtable is an association of CEOs of major corporations, representing a combined work force of more than 10 million employees and $4.5 trillion in annual revenues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is the takeaway from this group (my bold):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At the same time, a survey by the Business Roundtable, released Wednesday, showed that most executives expect sales and capital investment to remain at current levels or even improve over the next six months.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s consistent with expectations from the Federal Reserve and other economists who say they think the fragile economy will strengthen later this year and into next year &#8211; <strong>even as the nation&#8217;s unemployment rate, a lagging indicator of business health<\/strong>, rises. As in the past, many employers won&#8217;t want to ramp up hiring until they are sure the economy is really back on a firm footing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<br \/>\nIn the survey, 91% said they expected their sales to hold steady or increase over the next six months, the same percentage as the old survey. Nine percent said they expected sales to go down &#8211; also the same as the previous reading.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, you have to give CNN credit for their spin.\u00a0 The headline of the article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2008\/06\/18\/news\/economy\/business_outlook.ap\/index.htm?section=money_news_economy\">A third of CEOs expect to slash payrolls<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been talking to many of our customers and have seen a consistent trend among our small sample size &#8211; Q4 is going to be a good quarter.\u00a0 Of course, that doesn&#8217;t do much for the last few days of this quarter and Q3, but it is a good sign. Now CNNMoney.com has an article that may have a significantly larger sample size: The Business Roundtable is an association of CEOs of major corporations, representing a combined work force of more than 10 million employees and $4.5 trillion in annual revenues. Here is the takeaway from this group (my bold): At the same time, a survey by the Business&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/06\/fourth-quarter-comeback\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[49,2,5],"tags":[132,789,227,50,790],"class_list":["post-1624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-hiring","category-trends","tag-2008-hiring","tag-business-roundtable","tag-employment-trend","tag-hiring-trend","tag-q4-hiring"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-qc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1744,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/10\/q4-hiring-stats\/","url_meta":{"origin":1624,"position":0},"title":"Q4 Hiring Stats","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"October 1, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I think it is safe to say that predictions in this economy are difficult AT BEST to make accurately.\u00a0 However, CareerBuilder has come out with their Q4 hiring forecast that contains some interesting information: HIRING IN Q4 2008 Going forward, 23 percent of employers plan to add full-time, permanent employees\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1758,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/10\/hiring-trends-for-q4-of-2008\/","url_meta":{"origin":1624,"position":1},"title":"Q4 Job Forecast","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"October 21, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Recruiting Trends provides a summary of CareerBuilder and USA Today's Q4 Job Forecast and there are some interesting trends.\u00a0\u00a0First, according to the survey workers are postponing active job searches but are open to a change if the right one comes along.\u00a0 Of the 6,100 workers surveyed, 38% are planning to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2191,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2009\/12\/a-real-economic-prediction\/","url_meta":{"origin":1624,"position":2},"title":"A Real-World Economic Prediction","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"December 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This story from abcnews.com carries some weight in terms of a real economic forecast.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t good: More of America's largest companies will shrink their staffs than will hire in the next six months, according to the latest survey of their CEOs. 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