TURBULENCE:Taiwanese business leaders see more risks than opportunities this year, with the gap widening to 20 percent, PwC Taiwan chairman Dexter Chang said

Taipei Times
Date: Apr 13, 2016
By: Crystal Hsu / Staff reporter

Taiwanese chief executive officers have grim views of the global and domestic economy this year, with exchange rate volatility, tax hikes and rapidly changing technology tastes, a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers Taiwan (PwC Taiwan).

Thirty-six percent of chief executive officers surveyed expect the global economy to weaken this year, the highest since the company launched the survey in 2012, though 43 percent said they expect an extended “status quo,” the survey showed.

Only 16 percent said they expect an upturn.     [FULL  STORY]