Economy

“Discontent”, “disappointment”, “mistrust”, “pessimism”, “crime”, “poverty”, “corruption”, “insufficient economic growth”… The list goes on and on.

Cautious optimism for the future. After a dismal showing for all index assessment categories last month, things are looking better this time around, with two out of three assessments improving compared to last wave.

China’s economy showed moderate but steady growth with a year-on-year GDP increase of 7.0 percent at comparable prices.

Pessimism Invades Outlook of Present and Future…

The economic and political situation caused Brazil to face difficulties.

After posting positive gains for two months in a row, the average global economic assessment of national economies surveyed in 24 countries is down one point as 41% of global citizens rate their national economies to be ‘good’.

EU citizens hold Greek government responsible for debt crisis. An Ipsos survey of citizens of nine European Union countries finds most people hold the Greek government responsible for the ongoing debt crisis. Some 88% say the Greek government is a great deal, or a fair amount, to blame for the crisis –rising to 94% among German respondents. The German government was mentioned by 46%, attracting less blame than the Greek populace, the IMF and the European Commission overall.

The former home of Pablo Escobar is now a theme park. This image is the best way to summarise the gap between the stereotypes and the reality. Of course, it is not a bed of roses, but with a good growth since ten years, a new positioning as membership of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, a new hope thanks to the peace with the guerrillas and a investments’ plan of 25 billion US Dollars, lot of things are moving.

An Ipsos survey of citizens in nine European countries finds a majority of respondents (73%) think things across the EU are headed in the wrong direction, and fewer than half agree that EU membership has improved their own standard of living. Attitudes are most negative among French respondents, with only 15% saying the union is on the right track, and of all countries surveyed only Spain responded more positively to this question than in 2014.