April 2025 Macro Views Survey: A Cautionary Pivot in Tech Spending
The ETR Macro Views Survey, conducted quarterly, consistently tracks and updates core trends such as budget impacts, priorities of spend, cost cutting strategies, and organizational changes, and much more.
The latest findings reveal the sharpest quarterly decline in tech spending sentiment since ETR began tracking the metric at the onset of COVID in March of 2020.
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Findings Overview
The April 2025 Macro Views Survey, conducted from March 4 to April 3, 2025, gathered insights from 1,859 technology leaders, including 28% at the C-suite level and 49% at VP/Director level, with strong representation from Fortune 500 and Global 2000 firms. Larger organizations accounted for 56% of respondents.
This exclusive analysis dives into:
- Changes in organizational spend
- What is impacting spend increases/decreases
- Expected annual spend
- Geopolitical factors impacting spend
- Strategy changes

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