Fewer CEOs Expect to Increase US Capital Spending in the Next Six Months

Supply chain woes, rising inflation and other external pressures are making some CEOs rethink their capital spending for the rest of the year. The Business Roundtable’s recent CEO Economic Outlook Index found that, when asked in Q2 of 2022, just 47% of CEOs expect their company’s US capital spending to increase in the next six months. That figure is down from 60% when asked just three months earlier, and back to the same level as when they were asked in Q4 of 2020.