CEOs worldwide confident about growth reviving after pandemic: PwC survey

The pandemic coupled with other health crises remains the top threat for companies in 2021, say executives

Chief executive officers are more confident of revenue growth than they have been in years, said an annual global survey.

Around 36 per cent of global chief executives see growth over the next year. Around 47 per cent are bullish on growth over a three-year period. The one-year expectations are more bullish than before the pandemic. The three-year forecast is the most bullish since 2017 (see chart 1).

This comes even as there has been a reordering of risk after Covid-19. The pandemic coupled with other health crises is the top threat for companies in 2021, with over half of