Business & industry members assess post-9/11 economic environment.

• Position: Survey of financial executives - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included

A poll of more than 150 financial executives taken at the AICPA's fall conference for members in business and industry shows that economic prospects appear better for the service sector than for manufacturing. Service sector respondents said prospects were just as likely to improve (39%) as they were to stay the same (38%); only 22% said their economic position would worsen over the three-month period after the terrorist attacks.

By contrast, more than one-third (35%) of manufacturing respondents saw their economic position deteriorating over the short term. However, 46% predicted improvement...