2026 KPMG US CEO Outlook Pulse Survey

According to a recent KPMG survey of 100 large US company CEOs, 83% were confident in their company’s ability to grow over the next year, with 63% actively pursuing dealmaking, yet 52% said that policy uncertainty (e.g., tariffs, interest rates, and regulation) is the top pressure driving their short-term decisions. Read the results and analysis here.