{
  "id": 9110562,
  "title": "Uncertainty Holds Back Middle Market CFOs’ Spending Plans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/uncertainty-holds-back-middle-market-cfos-spending-plans",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-22T08:00:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/back-office/cfo/2026/uncertainty-holds-back-middle-market-cfos-spending-plans/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For middle market companies, greater certainty and higher investment often go together: 59% of firms with rising certainty increased capital spending. That connection runs through “The Cost of Caution: Why CFOs Put Growth Plans on Hold,” the latest report in the PYMNTS Intelligence 2026 Certainty Project. Based on a July survey of 60 chief financial […] The post Uncertainty Holds Back Middle…",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}