Utah Quarterly Economic Forecast highlights

On a scale of 1 to 10 ("very pessimistic" to "very optimistic"), 83 percent of respondents assigned values of 7 or higher. The most optimistic companies were those with 26 to 250 full-time employees

Half of panelists predicted that their companies' health will be better in the next three months than it was in the past three months.

Fifty-one percent of panelists predicted that their capital expenditures will remain level in the next quarter as they were during the previous one.

Fifty-one percent of respondents said they expected to "somewhat" or "greatly" grow their work force, while 40 percent said they expect their staffing levels will stay the same.

Source: Zions Bank/Dan Jones & Associates