Global Economy Set for Weak Growth as Financial Professionals' Confidence Drops Sharply
NEW YORK and MONTVALE, N.J., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weak worldwide economic growth looks likely for the rest of 2022, according to the latest edition of the Global Economic Conditions Survey (GECS) from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants). The new report indicates that economic confidence among finance professionals and accountants in North America has fallen back to levels seen during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
- However, while confidence among financial professionals has dropped sharply, the global confidence level remains above the low-point reached at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Only in North America has confidence fallen back to levels seen during the height of economic uncertainty in 2020.
- Jamie Lyon concluded: "Risks of a global recession have increased but our central case is that growth will be positive if rather weak.
- Nonetheless, with the exception of the COVID recession of 2020, we expect global GDP growth this year and next will be the weakest since the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-09."