www.HartfordBusiness.com December 22, 2014 • Hartford Business Journal 5
Economy
E c o n o m i c F o r E c a s t
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What method do you primarily plan to use to raise capital in 2015?
Will you raise capital in 2015?
What do you expect housing prices
to do in 2015?
Do you plan to make a major investment in
property, plant or equipment in 2015?
What is your estimate for your company's
revenue performance for 2015 compared to
2014?
What is your estimate for your company's
bottom line (net income/profit)
performance for 2015 compared to 2014?
What's the biggest impediment to business
growth in Connecticut?
We don't plan to raise capital
Bank loans
Private investment (including venture capital)
Public markets
Micro-investors (or "crowdfunding")
Other
66.9%
10.7%
11.4%
2.6%
1.5%
7.0%
I don't know
19.8%
Yes
15.7%
No
64.5%
Increase
32.3%
Decrease
9.5%
Remain flat
58.2%
Too soon
to tell/
don't know
23.5%
Yes
14.6%
No
61.9%
8.
6.
9.
7.
10.
11. 12.
Increase
1 to 10%
46.6%
Increase
11 to 20%
10.5%
Decrease
1 to 10%
8.8%
Decrease
11 to 20%
2.7%
Decrease more
than 20%
1.4%
Increase
more than 20%
5.1%
No growth
24.8%
Taxes
42.5%
Cost of living
19.9%
Regulatory
process
10.8%
Healthcare
costs
3.9%
Energy costs
4.9%
Other
18.0%
Increase
1 to 10%
50.3%
Increase
11 to 20%
10.5%
Decrease
1 to 10%
9.5%
Decrease
11 to 20%
1.7%
Decrease
more than 20%
1.7%
Increase
more than 20%
5.4%
No growth
20.7%
Continued
