French bosses are more confident than their foreign counterparts

If the French are among the most pessimistic peoples in international surveys, business leaders in France give the lie to this adage. Overall, the vast majority of the 4,500 bosses from 105 countries who were interviewed by the PwC firm see global growth slowing down in the next twelve months, and place inflation at the top of their concerns. The Germans, the British and the French even believe that activity will decelerate faster in their country than elsewhere in the world. A logical result, the Old Continent suffering more severely from the energy crisis and the war in Ukraine.

However, French leaders, whether they lead an SME or a large group (the PwC study is broad), are more confident (93% moderately to extremely confident) about their company’s three-year outlook than their global counterparts. (86%) and Europeans (85%). “The bosses in France tell themselves that since they have resisted the Covid crisis…