Index: Colorado business leaders’ confidence ticks upward entering 2016

BOULDER — Colorado business leaders have caught a dose of optimism entering the new year, though their outlooks still aren’t as rosy as they were one year ago.

The University of Colorado Boulder business school’s quarterly measure of business leaders’ confidence, released Tuesday morning, shows a slight increase over the fourth quarter but a decrease from a year ago.

The Leeds Business Confidence Index registered 55.4 entering the first quarter of 2016, up from 53.5 last quarter but down significantly from the 60.8 logged entering the first quarter last year. Business leaders’ expectations measure positive at 50 or higher on the index.

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