Bloomberg Surveillance · Monday, August 10, 2026
The Conference Board's CEO Confidence Index stands at 52, indicating a neutral level of confidence, slightly up from the previous quarter. Stephen Adlin reported that confidence is influenced by inflation and geopolitical events, with CEOs expressing concern about inflation and geopolitical risks, yet maintaining a 'higher for lower' employment outlook. The index suggests CEOs are cautiously optimistic, focusing on productivity gains rather than job elimination through AI.
“The Conference Sports CEO Confidence Index just came out and this is a quarterly index that goes between zero and one hundred hundred being max and zero being the least. We came in at fifty two, so right about the middle, which is up a little bit from the second quarter when things were just starting to rage in Iran and oil prices we're taking off, so it's it's come up a little bit, but we're seeing CEO confidence float with the level of inflation and with what's going on in geopolitics.”
“So that's at least good news Tom, because they you know, they can to hold on to their employe.”
“So, you know, a quarter ago it was. All around iron Iran. Now we're seeing it's back to cyber and UH and of course AI and the risks of managing around that.”