<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"&gt; Optimism among U.S. CPA decision-makers in February improved when compared with the outlook in November, but&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2026/mar/optimism-while-tempered-is-up-among-finance-leaders/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"&gt; overall sentiment remains guarded&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"&gt;. That's one conversation topic in the latest &lt;em&gt;Journal of Accountancy&lt;/em&gt; podcast episode.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"&gt; In the episode, Ken Witt, CPA, CGMA, associate director–Management Accounting Research &amp; Development for the AICPA and CIMA, break down the sentiment about the domestic economy, the global economy, and respondents' companies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"&gt; The discussion also touches on top challenges, hiring plans, and recession expectations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;What you'll learn from this episode:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"&gt; The increase in own&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria Math',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Cambria Math'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"&gt;‑&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"&gt;company optimism from the previous quarter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The reasons that both optimists and pessimists cite for their views.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The "dance" that inflation and domestic economic conditions have done on the survey's list of top challenges.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Projected revenue and profit growth in the coming 12 months.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description>

Journal of Accountancy Podcast

AICPA & CIMA

Summing up economic sentiment and concerns about inflation, recession

MAR 5, 20268 MIN
Journal of Accountancy Podcast

Summing up economic sentiment and concerns about inflation, recession

MAR 5, 20268 MIN

Description

Optimism among U.S. CPA decision-makers in February improved when compared with the outlook in November, but overall sentiment remains guarded. That's one conversation topic in the latest Journal of Accountancy podcast episode. In the episode, Ken Witt, CPA, CGMA, associate director–Management Accounting Research & Development for the AICPA and CIMA, break down the sentiment about the domestic economy, the global economy, and respondents' companies. The discussion also touches on top challenges, hiring plans, and recession expectations. What you'll learn from this episode: The increase in own‑company optimism from the previous quarter. The reasons that both optimists and pessimists cite for their views. The "dance" that inflation and domestic economic conditions have done on the survey's list of top challenges. Projected revenue and profit growth in the coming 12 months.