The 2024 presidential election not surprisingly sparked a wide number and range of reactions from business leaders and their advocates. Endeavor Business Intelligence, the research arm of IndustryWeek parent company Endeavor Business Media, took the temperature of the business community in the days following the vote to get a sense of how strategic priorities, market expectations and confidence levels might be changing.
The EBI Pulse Survey report, "After The Vote," shows that a majority of respondents—58%—are optimistic about the coming year under the incoming Trump administration while one in six don't see things going well. Similarly, more than half of business leaders are at least somewhat confident that the Trump team will capably handle key economic issues such as inflation and regulation.
Another notable finding is that quite a few business leaders think they have some new homework to handle: Asked about their top priorities in the wake of the vote, respondents' two most popular responses were adjusting long-term strategies and revising financial forecasts. Less than 10 weeks remain until the inauguration...
A native of Belgium, Geert De Lombaerde has been in business journalism since the mid-1990s and writes about public companies, markets and economic trends for Endeavor Business Media publications, focusing on IndustryWeek, FleetOwner, Oil & Gas Journal, T&D World and Healthcare Innovation. He also curates the twice-monthly Market Moves Strategy newsletter that showcases Endeavor stories on strategy, leadership and investment and contributes to other Market Moves newsletters.
With a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, he began his reporting career at the Business Courier in Cincinnati in 1997, initially covering retail and the courts before shifting to banking, insurance and investing. He later was managing editor and editor of the Nashville Business Journal before being named editor of the Nashville Post in early 2008. He led a team that helped grow the Post's online traffic more than fivefold before joining Endeavor in September 2021.
