Media Alert: Deloitte CFO Signals™: CFO Confidence, Risk Appetite and Forecasts in Q2 2025
NEW YORK, July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --
What: | Deloitte's "Q2 2025 CFO Signals Report" (longitudinal data) |
Who: | Steve Gallucci, National leader of Deloitte's CFO Program |
When: | July 8 at 6 a.m. EST |
Where: | https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/topics/leadership/cfo-survey-data-dashboard.html |
Details: | Deloitte's latest CFO Signals™ report — a quarterly gauge of the sentiment of North America's top finance leaders — shows a marked decline in optimism across a number of fronts. Released July 8, the Q2 2025 survey dashboard highlights increased caution among CFOs likely driven by ongoing economic headwinds and geopolitical uncertainty. |
Highlights from the report:
- CFO sentiment dropped considerably. The CFO confidence score came in at 5.4, indicating medium confidence. The Q1 reading was 6.4 — high confidence.
- Growth expectations declined across every key operational metric. Notably, CFOs lowered projections for revenue, earnings and capital investments.
- Just 23% of CFOs rate the North American economy as "good now." By comparison, 50% of the finance chiefs offered the same response in the Q1 survey.
- The survey revealed CFOs are getting more risk averse. Only 1 in 3 CFOs believe now is a good time to take on more risk. That's the lowest reading since 3Q24 — and well down from the 60% number in Q1.
- Top external risks: the economy (53%), cybersecurity (51%) and interest rates (43%).
- Top internal risks: talent availability (46%), lack of agility/resilience (46%) and cost management (45%).
- CFOs are split on U.S. capital market valuations: 46% say it's undervalued, 41% say it's overvalued.
- Sentiment around financing remains mixed: 53% view debt financing as attractive, 41% for equity.
Why it matters:
This quarterly report is a barometer of CFO sentiment and forward-looking strategies. In an environment demanding both caution and clarity, Deloitte's CFO Signals offers insight into how the stewards of corporate strategy are thinking, investing, and planning for what's next.
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