www.HartfordBusiness.com decemBer 28, 2015 • Hartford Business Journal 13
BOOK OF LISTS 2015-2016
Economic Survey
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
What method do you primarily plan to use to raise capital in 2016?
Will you raise capital in 2016?
What do you expect housing
prices to do in 2016?
Do you plan to make a major investment in
property, plant or equipment in 2016?
What is your estimate for your
company's 2016 revenue
performance compared to 2015?
What is your estimate for your
company's 2016 bottom line (net income)
performance compared to 2015?
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
64.94%
15.54%
7.57%
1.59%
3.16%
7.17%
I don't know
19.70%
Yes
14.39%
No
65.91%
Increase
20.68%
Decrease
17.67%
Remain flat
61.65%
Too soon
to tell/
don't know
19.55%
Yes
18.80%
No
61.65%
8.
6.
9.
7.
10.
11. 12.
Increase
1 to 10%
47.74%
Increase
11 to 20%
6.39%
Decrease
1 to 10%
12.41%
Decrease
11 to 20%
1.88%
Decrease more
than 20%
2.63%
Increase
more than 20%
3.01%
No growth
25.94%
Taxes
59.17%
Cost of living
20.83%
Regulatory
process
13.33%
Healthcare
costs
5.42%
Energy costs
1.25%
Increase
1 to 10%
51.88%
Increase
11 to 20%
8.27%
Decrease
1 to 10%
9.02%
Decrease
11 to 20%
3.01%
Decrease
more than 20%
0.38%
Increase
more than 20%
3.38%
No growth
24.06%
Continued
