24 | HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL • DECEMBER 24, 2018
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DECLINE SIGNIFICANTLY
DECLINE SLIGHTLY
REMAIN THE SAME
IMPROVE SLIGHTLY
IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY
How will Connecticut's
economy fare in 2019
compared to 2018?
Do you think Greater
Hartford's economy is in
better or worse condition
today than it was at this
time last year?
NOT SURE
WORSE
BETTER
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BANKING
& FINANCE
Hartford Business Journal readers are more
optimistic about 2019 than they have been in recent
years, with 37.7 percent saying Connecticut's
economy will improve slightly or significantly in the
year ahead. That's more than the 35 percent who
said they think the state's economy will decline next
year.
Meantime, 43.3 percent of readers think Greater
Hartford's economy is in better shape today than it
was a year ago.
Those were some of the major findings of Hartford
Business Journal's 2019 economic outlook survey,
the results of which are featured throughout the rest
of this publication.
The survey was emailed to more than 10,000 HBJ
Today subscribers. The unscientific results were
gathered over a three-week period in November
and garnered 305 respondents. The survey provides
a window into how the region's economy will likely
perform in 2019, and the results mirror some of the
economic forecasts provided by economists and
business executives featured in this publication.
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