Armenian businessmen more optimistic than Turks – report

Armenian businessmen more optimistic than Turks – report

12:45 – 28.01.12

Armenian businessmen appear to be more optimistic than the business
people in Turkey and less so compared to their colleagues in Georgia,
recent findings suggests.

A survey conducted by Grant Thornton International has placed Georgia
on top of the list of 40 world countries. Citing the International
Business Report 2012, Forbes magazine reported that the country heads
the ranking of optimism with 78%. The second and third states in the
index are Peru and Brazil, where businessmen’s optimism in economy
grew by 78% and 74%, respectively.

Armenia ranks as the seventh country in the list, with the
businessmen’s optimism having grown by a 16% point, according to
Forbes. The other optimistic countries include Greece (10 % points),
China (8 % points), New Zealand (4 % points), the United States (3%
points), and Ireland (6 % points).

Among the most pessimistic, Japan occupies the first place again
(-71%), followed by Spain (-62%), Forbes further says.

The magazine reports that businessmen optimism has strongly declined
all over Europe.

`The EU region has seen optimism levels fall from 49% in 2011 to 29%
in 2012 – a reduction of 20%. In fact, Ireland is the only EU country
where sentiment has improved in 2011. The countries that had the
greatest declines in optimism were: Thailand (-94 % points), Malaysia
(-60 % points) and Singapore (-41 % points),’ says Forbes.

As for Turkey it ranks the 19th in the index. Only 20% of the
businessmen in the country are said to have positively disposed to
their economy.

Tert.am

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress