Latin American executives’ confidence in the economy drops

Across the private sector in Latin America, executives’ confidence dipped in January—a stark contrast to the more optimistic outlooks reported in December. Our new survey delves into the reasons why they now expect decreases in both demand and profits within the next six months.

In Latin America, the company outlook is much less optimistic than in our previous survey.

To read the survey, see “The coronavirus effect on global economic sentiment,” January 29, 2021.