PwC isn't panicked about this 'economic pessimism' — in fact, one exec thinks it's an opportunity

Sun, 02/12/2023 - 06:30

Nearly three in four corporate leaders surveyed from more than 100 countries told PwC that they expect global growth will slow this year.
uzenzen/Getty Images

CEOs that PwC polled late last year expect global growth to slow this year.
But PwC's Wes Bricker thinks companies will use any slowdown to remake their businesses.
Leaders have no choice. "No management team gets paid to languish," Bricker told Insider.

Wes Bricker, a vice chair at PwC, isn't quite as downbeat about the prospects for the global economy as some of the CEOs his firm surveyed in the final months of 2022.