Date
23 March 2018
Contact
Natalie Choo, Singapore Communications
Mobile: +65 8722 7545
E-mail: natalie.yl.choo@sg.pwc.com
Joost Blankenspoor, Global Communications
Tel: +31 88 792 6596
Email: joost.blankenspoor@pwc.com
Banking & Capital Markets (BCM) CEOs are bullish about economic growth – 57% believe it will improve over the next 12 months, compared
• Optimism in global economic growth reaches record level and rises in all countries • US reinforces its lead on China as a target market for growth in 2018 • Over half of CEOs expect their headcount to increase • Terrorism, geopolitical uncertainty, cyber and climate change rise as threats to growth
• 72% of ASEAN business leaders expect their global footprint to expand over the next three years (61% in Singapore, 63% across APEC) • 58% plan to increase business investments in 2018 (62% in Singapore) • 73% reprioritising their allocation of investments to foreign markets (64% in Singapore) • 58% automating some functions in their workforce (64% in Singapore)
Date
20th January 2016
Contact
Natalie Choo
Tel: +65 6263 4309
Mobile: +65 9738 1415
E-mail: natalie.yl.choo@sg.pwc.com
Geopolitical threats rise as CEO’s global growth confidence falls
Confidence in global economy falls by 10 points, globally and in ASEAN
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