CEOs are more confident in their own companies’ prospects than they are in the outlook for the global economy, according to the latest EY-Parthenon CEO Outlook Survey, a quarterly survey of 1,200 global CEOs across 21 countries. The survey’s CEO Confidence Index – a measure from 1 to 100 that quantifies CEO sentiment globally across a wide range of business dimensions – shows that overall CEO sentiment has dipped from 83.0 (Q3 2025) to 78.5 (Q4 2025). This decline in sentiment is reflective of