POLL-Asian business confidence gains steam, pandemic still top risk -Thomson Reuters/INSEAD
Reuters
12/23/2020
By Anshuman Daga
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* Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Asian Q4 sentiment index 62 vs 53 in Q3
* One half polled say lingering COVID-19 cases top risk to outlook
* Broad recovery gathers speed in latest quarter from last one
By Anshuman Daga
SINGAPORE, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Asian firms turned most optimistic in the fourth quarter this year, a Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey showed, as business activity picked up in the region and COVID-19 vaccines started rolling out in Western countries ahead of their Asian launch.