- Confidence in the state of the global economy over the next 12 months fell to lowest level in five quarters
- Fear of a major economic disruption climbed to 68% from 46% in the previous quarter
- Fifth quarterly Global Confidence Index polled 430 experts from business, government, international organizations and academia who are Members of the Forum's Network of Global Agenda Councils
- Access the full analysis and results online at http://www.weforum.org/ConfidenceIndex
Geneva, Switzerland, 22 August
2012 – Confidence in the state of the world economy is at its lowest
ebb since the World Economic Forum started its Global Confidence Index five
quarters ago. The relative optimism of the previous quarter evaporated against a
backdrop of slowing growth in the US and China as well as a lingering eurozone
crisis, with 72% of respondents to the poll reporting that they were not
confident about the state of the global economy over the next 12 months, up from
37%.
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