Accountants' Confidence Takes an Uptick

The April edition of Accounting Today's monthly Accountants Confidence Index reversed a two-month decline, showing positive expectations for the short- and mid-term for the first time in 2012. Responding to a survey taken in March, the panelists on our Executive Research ERC foresaw a short-term contraction for small firms -- only the second they've predicted since tracking began -- but most of the other index components moved up slightly.