Will 2017 be a better year for business? According to a recent survey by American Express and Institutional Investor of 650 senior finance executives in 15 countries, the answer is "yes." Economic optimism among large companies (those generating $500 million or more in annual revenue) is at its highest point since the global recession a full decade ago (see Figure 1), according to the 2017 Global Business & Spending Outlook by American Express & Institutional Investor. Seventy percent of all finance executives surveyed expect their home country's economy to expand at least modestly in 2017 (up from 64 percent in 2016), with the largest proportion of respondents around the world since the inception of the study predicting substantial expansion.
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