In pics: Takeaways from PwC's 21st CEO Survey

PwC conducted 1,293 interviews with CEOs in 85 countries

06 February 2018

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In pics: Takeaways from PwC's 21st CEO Survey

Majority(57%) of the CEOs are optimistic that global economic growth will improve over the next 12 months. Moreover, the percentage of CEOs predicting improved growth doubled from last year. 52% of the Middle East respondents believe global economic growth will improve in 2018. This number was 26% in 2017.

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