Public vs. Private Perceptions of Regulatory Impact
This infographic reveals new research by CIT and The Washington Post that found that middle market business influencers and federal government employees view the impact of regulation on the economy and middle market businesses quite differently.
Employees of government agencies tend to believe that regulation has a particularly positive impact on the economy and overall job growth. Business influencers, conversely, believe that regulation has an overall net negative impact on their businesses.
The dichotomy of views between federal employees and the business community stems, in part, from the differences in perspective between the two bodies: When it comes to the perception of regulation, the government takes a forest perspective, looking at how regulation impacts the broader economy; whereas those middle market business influencers are staring at the trees, in this case, their particular business.
