The top external concerns of U.S. CFOs:
- Consumer demand
- Credit markets & interest rates
- Housing-market fallout
- Cost of fuel
- Cost of nonfuel commodities
Top internal, company-specific concerns:
- Cost & availability of labor [nonfinance]
- Ability to forecast results
- Cost of health care
- Supply-chain risk
- Data security
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Source: Duke University/CFO magazine survey of 475 U.S. CFOs, May 2008
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