US finance chiefs are ready enough to deal with today’s risks, study says

According to a new study, American CFOs land in the middle of an index measuring their confidence under pressure.

Based on a survey of 1,400 finance chiefs and senior financial decision-makers across eight highly developed countries, those in the U.S. were characterized as “measured.” That means their levels of optimism and readiness to deal with risks are roughly in equilibrium with the risks they face.

Countries ranked higher included, in order, Singapore, Germany and the U.K. However, all of them fell into the same measured category as the United States, with index scores between 90 and 119.

The average U.S. score was 100.93, and the global average was 93.3. See more survey highlights.