Chief Executive’s latest reading of CEO confidence finds optimism at a multi-year low amid president’s tariff rollout; 67 percent say they do not support the policies, 76 percent say it will hurt their businesses.

Chief Executive’s April survey of U.S. CEO confidence finds their ratings of current business conditions at the lowest level since the Covid-19 pandemic shuttered business in the spring of 2020. Their outlook for the year to come remains stalled at a multi-year low as well.