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EU business leaders remain the most confident in the world, while global economic confidence declines - Seite 2

There were fluctuations in confidence levels within some of the major European economies, but they each remained in optimistic territory at 57.2 points and above. Germany's confidence index jumped 4.8 points to 60.4, and Italy climbed 2.0 points to 61.6, both recording their highest levels since April 2015. The United Kingdom index, on the other hand, fell 2.5 points to 58.9, its lowest level since the first quarter of 2013. France's confidence level held steady, edging up 0.2 point to 57.2. For the second quarter running, Spain recorded the highest level of optimism in the region, despite dropping 6.7 points to 67.4. 

Key findings in the EU:

CEOs stay positive about immediate outlook
Business leaders in the EU were optimistic about the immediate prospects for their own organisations, with the individual components of the index, tracking sales, employment and fixed investment forecasts, all improving. The majority of respondents (62%) expected to grow revenues in the next 12 months, with only 8% forecasting a decline in turnover; 35% expected to increase total head count, versus only 10% who expected to see a drop in staff numbers; and 41% expected increased levels of fixed investment, against 8% who forecasted a decrease.

When it came to looking at the wider economic and business conditions in which their organisations operate, CEOs were mainly optimistic. Forty percent of business leaders expected conditions to improve in the first half of 2016, versus 16% who predicted a deterioration in conditions, and 44% who expected to see little or no change.

YPO Global Pulse Confidence Index
The quarterly electronic survey, conducted in the first two weeks of January 2016, gathered answers from 1,994 chief executive officers across the globe, including 209 in the European Union. Visit www.ypo.org/globalpulse for more information about the survey methodology and results from around the world.

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