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McKinsey Global Survey of Business Executives: Economic and hiring outlook, Fourth Quarter 2007

  • During the past three months, expectations of inflation rose sharply among the executives in The McKinsey Quarterly’s global survey on economic and hiring trends. Especially in developed countries, the executives expect economic conditions to deteriorate over the next half year.
  • Nonetheless, many executives say that their companies plan to hire and to raise investments in recruitment and training in the near term.
  • Executives in the developing world remain upbeat about future economic conditions in their countries. Executives around the world say that high energy prices are driving inflation.
This collection of exhibits displays respondents’ views on their country’s economy as well as expectations for their workforce.

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