More CEOs ready to start hiring again: survey

[Julian Englis]

Source: Reuters

U.S. chief executives' view of the economy brightened in the first quarter of 2012, with a growing number ready to hire more workers over the next six months, according to a Business Roundtable survey.

Improving demand in the United States offset concerns that Europe's economy may be headed into recession, helping to give the Roundtable's CEO Economic Outlook Index its largest lift since the third quarter of 2009, the group said on Wednesday.

On the key metric of employment, 42 percent of CEOs said they planned to add staff in the United States over the next six months. That is a 16 point improvement from the December reading and more than double the 16 percent of CEOs who expect to cut jobs.

"This suggests hiring will continue," said James McNerney, CEO of Boeing Co (BA.N) and chairman of the Roundtable.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/28/us-usa-economy-roundtable-idUSBRE82R0Z020120328

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