Majority of Company CEO's Planning to Hire

Barometer Surveys – For the first time since the second quarter of 2007, a majority (51 percent) of CEOs of the nation's leading private companies surveyed for PricewaterhouseCoopers' Private Company Trendsetter Barometer were optimistic about the U.S. economy’s prospects over the next 12 months (up six points from the previous quarter and up 32 points from the same quarter in 2009). A majority (53 percent) of Trendsetter executives plan additions to their workforce over the next 12 months, up six points from the prior quarter’s 47 percent and up 22 points from 1Q09’s 31 percent.