John Graham Duke Fuqua School of Business

The outlook for the U.S. economy among financial decision-makers improved somewhat in the third quarter of 2025, as uncertainty declined. However, concerns about the impact of tariffs on prices and business performance continued to weigh on firms, according to the CFO Survey, a collaboration of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond and Atlanta. John Graham, from the Duke Fuqua School of Business, joined Jeff Hamlin to discuss the outlook.