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FEWER CEOs worldwide now expect the global economy to improve in 2015, though those based in the Asia-Pacific - and particularly the Asean - region were more optimistic than their peers. INFOGRAPHIC: More confident of business than economic growth

This is according to an annual survey of global business leaders conducted by PwC, which polled 1,322 CEOs across 77 countries in the last quarter of 2014. Since then, market volatility has spiked and the International Monetary Fund cut its global growth forecast on Tuesday, despite falling oil prices and a stronger US economy.