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Global economic outlook dims while US recovery continues, ICC-Ifo survey reveals

Paris | 14/08/2013

The world economy has weakened slightly this quarter, mainly due to declining optimism in Asia and Latin America, while North America shows...Read more
World economic climate improves slightly

Paris | 15/05/2013

The Ifo World Economic Climate Indicator continued to rise, even if only slightly. Both assessments of the current economic situation and...Read more
World economic climate improves, ICC-Ifo survey shows

Paris | 13/02/2013

The world economy is showing signs of brightening after six months of stagnation, according to a global survey of economic experts by the...Read more
Cautious optimism feeds business confidence, ICC Secretary General tells CNBC

Paris | 13/02/2013

Speaking live on CNBC’s Worldwide Exchange programme this morning, ICC Secretary General Jean-Guy Carrier said that the cautious optimism...Read more
World economic climate continues to decline, according to latest ICC/Ifo survey

Paris | 15/11/2012

The health of the world’s economy continues to deteriorate as insufficient demand, unemployment and the on-going debt crisis in Europe...Read more
Ethics training and government transparency needed to fight corruption, survey reveals

Paris | 15/11/2012

Ethics training can be a major tool in fighting corruption in developing countries, according to the results of the latest quarterly World...Read more
World economic recovery suffers fresh setbacks, ICC/Ifo survey shows

Paris | 16/08/2012

Results of the ICC-Ifo World Economic Survey, released today, reveal declining optimism over global economic recovery as fear continues to...Read more
World economic climate newly brightens, according to latest ICC-Ifo survey

Paris | 16/05/2012

Results of the ICC-Ifo World Economic Survey, released today, showed a fresh rise in the climate indicator during the second quarter of...Read more
ICC/Ifo survey reveals slight brightening in world economic climate

Paris | 16/02/2012

After two quarters of successive decline, the global economic climate has begun to improve, although it still remains significantly below...Read more
World Economic Climate worsens, ICC-Ifo survey shows

Paris | 17/08/2011

After the first two improved quarters of 2011, the global economic upswing is faltering, according to the latest quarterly World Economic...Read more
Global economic climate brightens again, ICC/Ifo survey reveals

Paris | 18/05/2011

The global economic climate is at its brightest since 2007, but there may be trouble ahead, according to the latest quarterly World Economic...Read more
Global economic climate reaches four-year high, ICC/Ifo survey reveals

Paris | 16/02/2011

The world economic climate indicator has achieved a new high since 2007 levels, indicating that economic activity overall is picking up,...Read more
World economic recovery slows as business expectations fall

Paris | 17/11/2010

Business expectations are falling worldwide despite improvements in the state of the global economy for the sixth consecutive quarter,...Read more
Views on World Economic Climate hit fresh lows, ICC/Ifo survey reveals

Paris | 16/11/2010

The world economic climate has worsened in the fourth quarter, as indicated by increasingly negative expectations from economic experts,...Read more
World economy still improving, but at a slower pace, ICC/Ifo survey reveals

Paris | 18/08/2010

The world economy continued its rebound from the worst recession in decades, according to the quarterly ICC/Ifo World Economic Survey...Read more
Economy finding its footing despite setbacks ICC-Ifo survey reveals

Paris | 19/05/2010

Public deficits, a decrease in tax revenues and schemes to reduce government deficits and debt accumulation, could be detrimental to the...Read more
ICC-Ifo poll shows economists see new opportunities in low carbon economies

Paris | 03/12/2009

The vast majority of economists polled in a worldwide survey believe the transition to a low-carbon economy will bring about new...Read more
Global economic index rises for first time since 2007

Paris | 19/05/2009

The world economic climate index rose in the second quarter of the year for the first time since 2007 as a result of more favourable...Read more
Lowest global economic index in history

Paris | 18/02/2009

The world economic climate index fell for the sixth consecutive quarter, dropping 10 percentage points to reach its historically lowest...Read more
Lowest global economic index in 20 years

Paris | 20/11/2008

The world economic climate index, compiled by ICC and the Ifo Institute for Economic Research, has dropped for the fifth consecutive quarter...Read more
Economists see more tough times ahead for global economy

Paris | 20/08/2008

The ICC/Ifo global climate index in July fell for the fourth consecutive quarter in a row since sentiment became downbeat last summer,...Read more
Economists see more gloom for global economy, according to latest ICC/Ifo survey

Paris | 20/05/2008

Economists said global economic growth has slowed further since the beginning of the year and they expected growth to continue slackening...Read more
Analysts predict major economic impact from Internet ‘doomsday’ scenario

Paris | 17/03/2008

Economists worldwide say that a one day “blackout” of the Internet would have a major impact on the global economy, according to a survey...Read more
Economists see further decline in world economic climate

Paris | 20/02/2008

The global economy has worsened since the beginning of 2008 and will continue to decline in the next six months, according to the latest...Read more
ICC/Ifo survey in TV spotlight

Paris | 27/11/2007

ICC Secretary General Guy Sebban discussed the third quarter findings of the ICC/Ifo World Economic Survey in two appearances last week on...Read more
Economists see slowdown of global economy

Paris | 20/11/2007

The global economy is expected to lose momentum in the last quarter of the year in all major regions, as predictions for the existing...Read more
Economists see upturn in global economy

Paris | 21/08/2007

The global economy is set to expand in the second half of the year in all major regions, as expectations for the current quarter and the...Read more
Global economy still on a roll, economists say(2)

Paris | 22/05/2007

Paris World economic expansion is poised to continue for the rest of the year as economists’ predictions remain robust for the second...Read more
Global economy still on a roll, economists say

Paris | 22/05/2007

World economic expansion is poised to continue for the rest of the year as economists’ predictions remain robust for the second quarter in a...Read more
Economists’ outlook turns sunny for world economy

Paris | 20/02/2007

The outlook for the global economy has turned rosier: economists’ assessments this quarter have improved from the fourth quarter 2006,...Read more
ICC Ifo Special Question

Paris | 01/08/2006

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Third successive rise in world economic climate index

Paris | 22/05/2006

Increasingly positive assessments of the general economic situation have resulted in another rise in the world economic climate index,...Read more
Survey shows clear recovery trend for world economy

Paris | 21/02/2006

The world economic climate continued its recovery course with stronger momentum than last year and expectations for the next six months are...Read more
Economists see moderate world economic upturn

Paris | 22/11/2005

Paris A moderate cyclical upturn in the world economy in the fourth quarter of 2005 is reported today in the World Economic Survey of...Read more
ICC/Ifo World Economic Survey graphics(3)

Paris | 01/11/2005

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Economists predict a revival of the world economy in the second half of 2005

Paris | 23/08/2005

Paris The recent cool down of the world economy is expected to pick-up over the next six months, according to the results of the latest...Read more
ICC/Ifo World Economic Survey graphics

Paris | 01/08/2005

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ICC/Ifo World Economic Survey graphics(2)

Paris | 01/05/2005

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Economists see world economic slowdown

Paris | 15/02/2005

A panel of more than 1,100 corporate and academic economists from all parts of the world today registered a slight deterioration in the...Read more
World economy will flag in next six months

Paris | 18/11/2004

The unusually robust expansion of the world economy will flag somewhat, according to the results of the latest ICC/Ifo World Economic Survey...Read more
Poll finds world economic climate has stabilized at high level

Paris | 12/08/2004

The global economic climate remains favourable and will continue to develop positively during the rest of the year despite a slight...Read more
ICC/Ifo World Economic Survey graphs

Paris | 02/08/2004

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World economic confidence at 10 year high, poll finds

Paris | 17/02/2004

Global economic confidence is at a ten year high, according to the results of the latest ICC/Ifo World Economic Survey, with sustained...Read more