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27%

27% -- business investment small influence rate for CEOs and executives in the Bay Area (2012)

Name: Business Investment Small Influence Rate Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-01

2012 · n=400 · Bay Area Council

27 percent of Bay Area CEOs and executives reported that uncertainty around a resolution to the fiscal cliff was having a small influence on their business investment decisions.

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Value

27%

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

2012

Entity

CEOs and executives in the Bay Area

Sample Size

400

Geography

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

Single source - not yet corroborated

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Source Trust

Citation Chain

Independence

Methodology

Freshness

Source

Bay Area Council Primary Tier B

http://www.bayareacouncil.org/news/2012/12/20/fiscal-cliff-concerns-causing-some-ceos-to-delay-busin… ↗

Confidence: 28/100 Vintage: 2012 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

FISCAL CLIFF CONCERNS CAUSING SOME CEOs TO DELAY BUSINESS INVESTMENTS, NEW BAY AREA COUNCIL SURVEY FINDS

Original Research

Bay Area Council · Original study ↗

Methodology

Bay Area Council survey of CEOs, executives, and top economic development officials

Methodology documented

Segmentation

Industrymarketing RegionUS RoleExecutive (CEO, C-level)

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CEOs and executives in the Bay Area: 27% business investment small influence rate. Source: Bay Area Council (2012). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/fiscal-cliff-small-influence-investment

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