In each of the three areas of this survey -- sales, capital spending and employment -- more companies still anticipate expansion rather than contraction. Capital expenditure plans continue to reflect steady gains, and employment predictions by the nation's leading companies are near their all-time high. Hank McKinnell
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![[Katrina is expected to have a] significant, but not catastrophic, effect nationally, ... ... We're still expecting a strong economy but not as strong as before Katrina hit. - Hank McKinnell Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W0thdHJpbmEgaXMgZXhwZWN0ZWQgdG8gaGF2ZSBhXSBzaWduaWZpY2FudCwgYnV0IG5vdCBjYXRhc3Ryb3BoaWMsIGVmZmVjdCBuYXRpb25hbGx5LCAuLi4gLi4uIFdlJ3JlIHN0aWxsIGV4cGVjdGluZyBhIHN0cm9uZyBlY29ub215IGJ1dCBub3QgYXMgc3Ryb25nIGFzIGJlZm9yZSBLYXRyaW5hIGhpdC4g&author=ICBIYW5rIE1jS2lubmVsbCAgICA=&num=8 "[Katrina is expected to have a] significant, but not catastrophic, effect nationally, ... ... We're still expecting a strong economy but not as strong as before Katrina hit. - Hank McKinnell Quotes")
![[At a meeting of the Business Roundtable in Washington, D.C., the group's chairman, Pfizer ( PFE ) CEO Hank McKinnell, said its Economic Outlook Survey shows few signs of major damage to the national economy. Sixty-one percent of CEOs surveyed described the effect of the hurricane on their business as moderately negative, while only 4% described it as strongly negative.] Katrina's effect will be catastrophic locally, ... a significant -- but not catastrophic -- national effect. - Hank McKinnell Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBIYW5rIE1jS2lubmVsbCAgICA=&num=2 "[At a meeting of the Business Roundtable in Washington, D.C., the group's chairman, Pfizer ( PFE ) CEO Hank McKinnell, said its Economic Outlook Survey shows few signs of major damage to the national economy. Sixty-one percent of CEOs surveyed described the effect of the hurricane on their business as moderately negative, while only 4% described it as strongly negative.] Katrina's effect will be catastrophic locally, ... a significant -- but not catastrophic -- national effect. - Hank McKinnell Quotes")