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The Pulse of the Private Company Experience
Small to mid sized Main Street private firms are fueling the growth of the American economy, a phenomenon that is similarly happening in many other regions throughout the globe.
The PCI is committed to representing this group of companies (along with their challenges, frustrations, and general views) to the capital investment community. This representative portfolio of private firms is the critical roadmap the financial community needs to both understand the needs of financing private companies....and to reach them.
This brief series of data points will be surveyed each quarter so historical trends can be charted on these key business metrics.
Q3 2007 Data Trends & CEO Sentiment:
Highlights -
- CEOs report their positive view of capital and debt availability to be at all time low. Only 20% of respondents feel that there is bright outlook for securing either in Q4.
- Positive view of the coming quarter's business climate is waning, with only 57% feeling that Q4 will be better than Q3. (See related graph below.)
In contrast to this news, companies still plan growth.
- PCI companies, on average, hired 9 full-time employees in Q3; the highest reported number for 2007.
- 87% of companies are currently hiring new full time employees.
Download the full PICTORAL Q3 2007 data summary.
Download the extended Q3 2007 Report (depicting full respondent data)
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