wbjournal.com | June 16, 2025 | Worcester Business Journal 13
MIDYEAR ECONOMIC FORECAST F O C U S
Has the estimate of your company's
performance for 2025 changed?
Projecting the next six months, do you think you'll
have more or fewer employees at the end of 2025
than you had at the start of the year?
For any job openings you have, is it easier or
harder to find qualified candidates since the
start of the year?
What impact have the changes to national
tariff policies had on your business?
Compared to your expectations at the start
of the year, how do you think the Central
Massachusetts economy performed in the first
five months of 2025?
More
employees
Fewer
employees
Do you anticipate having to make any significant
expense cuts in the second half of 2025?
Much better
1%
22%
Better
43%
What I
expected
30%
4%
Worse
Much worse
The same
23%
45%
31%
Easier
Harder
13%
29%
40%
18%
The
same
We haven't
had any
openings.
1%
27%
50%
22%
A net positive
effect
No effect
A negative
effect
It remains to
be seen
We're are on
trend to perform
ahead of
expectations.
We're
performing
according
to plan.
15%
41%
44%
We're running
below our
expectations.
Yes
44%
No
56%
