Prospects rise as optimism of finance chiefs at highest level in five years

Optimism among corporate Ireland’s finance chiefs is at its highest level for nearly five years, with the majority upbeat on employment, personal prospects, and the country’s exports and foreign investment outlook.

The latest edition of Deloitte’s chief financial officer Survey covers the fourth quarter of 2013. It shows that, for the first time since its inception 18 quarters ago, in late 2009, not a single respondent cited a fall in optimism about the financial prospects of their company.

Over 50% of respondents are more optimistic than three months ago while 92% of chief financial officers believe the unemployment rate will continue to fall.