Looking ahead six months, the business panel is moderately bullish about the Canadian economy. Its optimism is driven partly by its high confidence in the performance of both the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada, which are seen as central to Canada’s economic future. CEOs and business leaders are nonetheless concerned about the fate of Canadian manufacturing and exports in the wake of increasing global demand for oil and the rising loonie.

These are the key findings from this week’s web survey of the COMPAS panel of business leaders and CEOs conducted on behalf the National Post under sponsorship of BDO Dunwoody LLP.

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