{
  "id": 15547456,
  "title": "Survey: CEOs become optimistic for the first time in years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/umfrage-firmenchefs-werden-erstmals-seit-jahren-optimistischer",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-19T02:30:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/umfrage-firmenchefs-werden-erstmals-seit-jahren-optimistischer/100263125.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "German company executives are showing optimism about their company's prospects for the first time in years. According to a KPMG survey, 86% of managers expect growth in the next three years, a 14% increase from the previous year. The survey of 1,400 large company executives worldwide, including 125 from Germany, also found that 70% of German executives expect 2.5% or more profit growth in the next three years. The executives also have a more positive outlook on their industry and Germany as a business location, with 78% rating their industry and location positively.",
  "summary": "The prospects for the German economy are brightening. More confidence is returning to the executive suites - also with regard to Germany as a business location. One technology in particular is moving the managers.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}