Overview

• Yale School of Management surveyed 70 executives at a Washington, D.C., CEO caucus last week, with results shared Monday.
• Seventy-one percent said tariffs are harming their businesses, and 74% said courts were correct to find some tariffs illegal as executed.
• Eighty percent said presidential pressure on Fed Chair Jerome Powell to cut rates is not in the country’s best interest, and 76% said Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is putting public health at risk.
• The survey surfaced private dissent as a new executive order imposed a $100,000 H‑1B visa fee days after the caucus, adding a fresh cost for companies that hire overseas talent.
• Organizer Jeffrey Sonnenfeld said leaders fear being marginalized by the White House, while spokesman Kush Desai said the administration is pursuing a pro-growth agenda backed by major investment commitments.