EGS Global Business Blog

The Global Business Confidence Index, a newly developed and unique indicator of confidence among international business decision makers, promises to become a useful forecasting tool for business leaders involved in international trade as well as for international investors, supply chain managers, policymakers, money managers and financial analysts.

One of the key findings of the survey is that American respondents are more confident in today’s market (37.7%) than their non-American counterparts (28%). More respondents from non-U.S. companies (33.9%) said their confidence was lowest during the past five years compared to their American counterparts (25.5%).

Check out the latest Global Business Confidence Index at the link to the right.

The ‘Economist’ says: “Africa’s financial markets are, at long last, becoming globalised. Low interest rates and saturated financial markets in OECD economies are pushing developed-world investors to look further afield, while the strengthening of African balance sheets (as a result of debt relief), underpinned by booming commodity export earnings and improved macroeconomic management, are making Sub-Saharan markets more enticing.”

Click on the “Africa????’ link to the right.

The purpose of this blog will be to update our readers on interesting developments in world business.

We will post articles, events and special developments we learn about in our international travels.

Our senior team are often in world business capitals seeking partners for our Clients and taking the pulse of world business - looking for the hot spots of investment.

For example, in May and June 2007, we have been in Istanbul, Turkey, Sao Paulo, Brazil, San Juan, Puerto, Johannesburg, South Africa, Dublin, Ireland, London, UK and Tokyo, Japan.

The goal of our blog will be to bring the reader some useful information from being on the ground in such world business centers.