Economic Survey
www.HartfordBusiness.com decemBer 26,2016 • Hartford Business Journal 11
BOOK OF LISTS & ECONOMIC FORECAST 2016-2017
We don't plan to raise capital
Bank loans
Private investment
(including venture capital)
Public markets
Micro-investors (or "crowdfunding")
Other
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
What method do you primarily plan to use to raise capital in 2017?
Will you raise capital in 2017?
What do you expect housing
prices to do in 2017?
Do you plan to make a major investment in
property, plant or equipment in 2017?
What is your estimate for your
company's 2017 revenue
performance compared to 2016?
What is your estimate for your company's
bottom line (net income) performance for
2017 compared to 2016?
What's the biggest impediment to
business growth in Connecticut?
63.5%
2.1%
1.7%
7.6%
17.4%
7.6%
I don't know
19.3%
Yes
15.8%
No
64.9%
Increase
28.3%
Decrease
16.4%
Remain flat
55.3%
Too soon
to tell/
don't know
16.4%
Yes
21.4%
No
62.3%
8.
6.
9.
7.
10.
11. 12.
Increase
1 to 10%
53.1%
Increase 11 to 20%
5.3%
Decrease
1 to 10%
11.6%
Decrease 11 to 20%
1.9%
Decrease more than 20%
1.3%
Increase more than 20%
2.2%
No growth
24.5%
Taxes
50.7%
Cost of living
23.6%
Regulatory
process
13.6%
Healthcare costs
10%
Energy costs
2.1%
Increase
1 to 10%
52.5%
No growth
21.1%
Continued
Increase 11 to 20%
9.4%
Increase more than 20%
2.8%
Decrease more than 20%
0.3%
Decrease 11 to 20%
3.1%
Decrease 1 to 10%
10.7%
