UK policy appropriateness according to large firms 2012-2014

This statistic shows the share of chief financial officers of the largest UK companies, reporting that current public policy settings are appropriate for the long term success of businesses in the United Kingdom, by policy area. The share of those in agreement are presented for the fourth quarter of 2012 and the third quarter of 2014. The largest share of respondents agreed monetary policy was appropriate: 97 percent in 2014 and 92 percent in 2012. The biggest change in opinion related to public expenditure policy, which raised in approval between 2012 and 2014 by 31 percent.

Appropriateness of current policy settings, according to chief financial officers of the largest corporations in the United Kingdom (UK) in 4th quarter 2012 and 3rd quarter 2014, by policy area

Characteristic	Q4 2012	Q3 2014
Monetary policy (including interest rates, inflation and availability of credit)	91%	97%
Labour market	88%	94%
Taxation policy	75%	90%
Public expenditure	58%	89%
Financial regulations	69%	82%
Immigration policy	60%	73%
Urban and town planning	65%	71%
Education and training	69%	70%
Energy policy	59%	64%
Infrastructure	58%	59%
General levels of regulation affecting business	45%	58%

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Release date

September 2014

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

4th quarter 2012 and 3rd quarter 2014

Number of respondents

118 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

chief financial officers*

Supplementary notes

* Sample size for the third quarter 2014 survey (conducted 8 to 22 September) = 118 chief financial officers (CFOs) of the UK's largest corporations. The source adds the following information: sample included "the CFOs of 28 FTSE 100 and 40 FTSE 250 companies. The rest were CFOs of other UK-listed companies, large private companies and UK subsidiaries of major companies listed overseas."

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