CFOs shift strategies as economic uncertainty dims growth outlook

Good morning. Economic confidence among finance chiefs has taken a sharp hit. 

Deloitte’s Q2 2025 CFO Signals report, released this morning, gauges the sentiment of 200 finance leaders in North America at companies with at least $1 billion in revenue. The CFO confidence score came in at 5.4, indicating medium confidence, compared to the Q1 reading was 6.4—high confidence.

The survey, conducted from June 4 to June 18, found growth expectations declined across every key operational metric.