Going Beyond the Book 2023

12 | Going Beyond the Book 2023 [ DUN & BRADSTREET CFO OPTIMISM INDEX ] ƒ Only 27% of CFOs are optimistic about the risk appetite of the firms in the current scenario, lowest in 10 Quarters ƒ 14% of CFOs expect the cost of raising funds from the market to reduce, reflecting improved optimism over five quarters. ƒ Only 10%of CFOs in the industrial sector expect the level of financial risks to reduce on company’s balance sheet, marking one of the lowest values since institution of the Index. ƒ Optimism level for domestic macroeconomic scenario for industrial sector stands at 73% in Q3 2023, 25 percentage points higher than Q3 2022. ƒ Opt imism for global macro- economic scenario for industrial sector stands at 37% in Q3 2023, 10 percentage points higher than Q3 2022. ƒ 50% of CFOs expect optimistic scenario for overal l mergers & acqui s i t ions in Q3 2023, compared to 44% in Q3 2022. Dun & Bradstreet