January 2013: A description of "normal" times

What we asked:


How they answered:

  Percentage of responses
A level of demand 23%
A growth rate of revenue, sales, etc. 22%
Other (availability of credit, level of employment, average performance) 21%
An environment of price stability (stable margins/costs) 17%
Specific economic conditions (such as 3% GDP growth, low unemployment) 11%
A predictable business environment 7%
*Note: This was an open-ended question. Response types were grouped and percentages for each response type represent the percent of total responses.