Colorado business leaders feel confident heading into 2020

BOULDER — Business leaders are feeling more confident about Colorado’s economy heading into the first quarter of 2020 then they have in recent months, according to a new survey from the University of Colorado Boulder’s Business Research Division at the Leeds School of Business.

The Leeds Business Confidence Index — a measurement of Colorado business leaders’ optimism and expectations for six components: the state economy, the national economy, industry sales, industry profits, industry hiring and capital expenditures — ended a year-long downward trend last month.

The latest LBCI score, determined following a survey of 230 business…