http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ceos-of-biggest-us-firms-less-optimistic-about-economy-2016-09-12
"The Business Roundtable, a lobby group for the largest companies in the U.S., said on Monday its survey of top executives fell in the third quarter and remains well below its historic average. Business leaders trimmed their projections for sales and hiring and have no plans to boost investment."
Business Roundtable info. --
http://businessroundtable.org/about/executive-committee
Notable member of the Business Roundtable Executive Committee --
Virginia M. Rometty
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, IBM Corporation
At-Large Member
I think all the smart readers of this site can deduce what this means, certainly for 3Q and the remainder of 2016 and likely into 2017. . .