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SURVEY
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
THE 10TH ANNUAL
Survey: HBJ readers more optimistic about 2025
H
ow far will interest rates go down
in 2025? What impact will a second
Trump administration have on the
economy? Will the labor shortage continue
to ease?
Those are some of the major economic ques-
tions as we start the new year.
Hartford Business Journal readers are
more optimistic about 2025 than they were a
year ago.
In fact, 51.2% of HBJ readers say Connecti-
cut's economy will improve significantly or
slightly this year. A year ago, 43.6% of readers
predicted the economy would improve in 2024.
Meanwhile, 22% of readers expect the state's
economy to decline in 2025, while 26.7%
expect no growth.
Those were some of the findings from
Hartford Business Journal's 2025 economic
outlook survey, the results of which are
featured in this special pullout section.
The survey, sponsored by NBT Bank, was
emailed to more than 11,100 HBJ Today
subscribers. The unscientific results were gath-
ered over a three-week period in November and
early December, garnering 255 responses.
Of those surveyed, 80% said they work at
privately-held companies and 65.3% said their
business has fewer than 50 employees.
The results provide a window into how the
state's economy will perform in 2025.
We hope you find the survey results informa-
tive, and we wish you good luck and health in
the year ahead.
Greg Bordonaro
Editor
Hartford Business Journal
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