Businesses in Brazil are much more optimistic about prospects for 2010; their optimism/pessimism balance2 has risen 21 per cent, from +50 per cent in 2009 to +71 per cent in 2010.

For the first time in six years, India has been overtaken as the most optimistic country by Chile. Chile now tops the league table with a net balance of +85 per cent (-24 per cent in 2009), India comes in a very close second with +84 per cent, whilst Japan remains at the bottom with a balance of -72 per cent.

Overall optimism amongst businesses globally has risen from 2009; this year a balance of +24 percent of businesses across all countries are positive about their country’s economy – compared to a balance of -16 per cent in 2009.

Optimism / pessimism

• Businesses in Brazil are considerably more optimistic about their country’s economic outlook (+71 per cent) compared with 2009 (+50 per cent)

• The balance of businesses in Latin America3 indicating optimism for the year ahead has risen by 36 per cent this year, from +12 per cent to +48 per cent.

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                                                                                   Cecilia Helland