The online survey was in the field from March 7 to March 11, 2016, and garnered responses from 2,772 respondents representing the full range of regions, industries, company sizes, functional specialties, and tenures.

A slowdown in China’s economic expansion saw a deceleration to 7.6 percent growth in the second quarter of 2012 from 8.1 percent in the first quarter,

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the Department of Transportation will provide up to $17 billion in loans to assist critical infrastructure building projects.