This Q3 slowdown, despite the spiffy, new $40 billion per month Fed QE3, could be troublesome to Obama's 'recovery message' in the weeks ahead.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A survey of U.S. chief executives shows a sharp drop in the number of large companies that plan to add jobs or hire more workers.
The Business Roundtable says that only 29 percent of its member CEOs plan to increase hiring over the next six months. That's down from 36 percent in June, when the group last released its quarterly survey.