CU-Leeds Business Confidence Index bounces back from historic low

BOULDER — Colorado business leaders, who felt historically pessimistic earlier this year about the state of the economy, are expressing a bit more optimism heading into the back half of 2020, according to the latest University of Colorado Leeds Business Confidence Index released Wednesday.

While the COVID-19 pandemic is still a huge concern for a majority of the state’s business leaders, Colorado’s economic resiliency and pent-up demand combined to boost index scores for the third quarter of the year. 

Still, the Q3 index score of 44.3 indicates an overall pessimistic outlook. A score…