CEOs Optimistic on Growth Despite Trump Trade Tensions, PwC says

  • ‘Buzz’ around generative artificial intelligence, survey finds
  • Report coincides with annual World Economic Forum in Davos

Mohamed Kande, PwC’s global chairman

Photographer: Manuel Orbegozo/Bloomberg
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Most chief executive officers expect global economic growth to accelerate this year despite growing trade tensions and the threat of higher tariffs in a Donald Trump presidency, a survey by PwC found.

Almost 60% of company leaders are optimistic about the global economic outlook, the professional services firm said Monday in a report coinciding with the World Economic Forum in Davos. That’s up from 38% a year earlier.