{"id":213083,"date":"2026-03-31T14:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213083\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:51:09","slug":"economic-outlook-index-shows-record-investment-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213083\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic Outlook Index shows record investment confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite recent heightened economic uncertainty, the Florida Council of 100<\/a> says its Economic Outlook Index shows confidence in the state\u2019s trajectory among CEOs.<\/p>\n

\u201cFlorida CEOs are betting on the state\u2019s future through continued investment and expansion,\u201d said George LeMieux, Chair of The Florida Council of 100. \u201cThat confidence reflects the strength of Florida\u2019s business environment and long-term economic outlook.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Council conducts quarterly surveys of more than 100 of the state\u2019s top employers for their perspectives on sales, capital investment and employment in the next six months<\/p>\n

The first-quarter survey signaled \u201crecord investment confidence\u201d among business leaders, the report stated<\/a>. Florida\u2019s Economic Outlook Index came in at 98. That\u2019s higher than the national index figure of 89.<\/p>\n

The capital expenditure subindex increased from 88 to 91 among those responding to the survey. That\u2019s the highest level in the Council\u2019s history of tracking that factor.<\/p>\n

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It indicates that \u201ccompanies are continuing to invest in expansion, infrastructure and innovation,\u201d the report concluded.<\/p>\n

The Florida Council of 100 is an organization of business leaders in the Sunshine State. The first-quarter survey was conducted between March 11 through March 18 and garnered 111 responses from business leaders across major industries in Florida.<\/p>\n

That survey landed right in the thick of notable economic volatility that emerged after the beginning of the Iran war.<\/p>\n

Council analysts acknowledged that expectations for sales and employment \u201csoftened modestly.\u201d But they maintain there is a \u201cresilient outlook amid broader economic uncertainty.\u201d<\/p>\n

The employment subindex came in at 95, well above the national figure of 50, which indicates there\u2019s still confidence in hiring among the state\u2019s top employers.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing is alignment among Florida\u2019s leading CEOs around continued investment and growth,\u201d said Mike Simas, President and CEO of The Florida Council of 100. \u201cWhen that many business leaders are moving in the same direction, it\u2019s a strong signal about where the economy is heading.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next Florida Council of 100 Economic Outlook Index report will come in June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite recent heightened economic uncertainty, the Florida Council of 100 says its Economic Outlook Index shows confidence in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7141,9322,97386,1687,28,62188,30,29,56418,97387,68761,8633],"class_list":{"0":"post-213083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-capital-investment","9":"tag-ceo","10":"tag-economic-outlook-index","11":"tag-employment","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-florida-council-of-100","14":"tag-florida-headlines","15":"tag-florida-news","16":"tag-george-lemieux","17":"tag-investment-confidence","18":"tag-mike-simas","19":"tag-sales"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}