When asked about their outlook on the global economy, 76% of CEOs say they believe it will improve during the next 12 months. Thats nearly 20 percentage points greater than the previous record high for optimism, over all the years we have been asking this question. It also marks a significant rebound from our 2020 survey (conducted in the autumn of 2019), when just 22% of CEOs expected improved growth (see Exhibit 1,Little could anyone have known that the coronavirus would strike, causing global