Global economy publications

Global economic conditions survey report: Q1, 2013

The global economic conditions survey, carried out jointly by ACCA and IMA since late 2011, is the largest regular economic survey of accountants in the world, both in terms of the number of respondents and in terms of the number and scope of economic variables it monitors. Its main indices are good predictors of GDP in the OECD countries and daily trend deviations correlate well with the VIX or ‘fear’ index, which measures expected stock price volatility.

The Q1 2013 survey is the sixth jointly carried out by ACCA and IMA and the seventeenth in the series since it was launched in early 2009. Between 28 February and 21 March 2013, it attracted responses from just under 2,000 finance professionals, including almost 800 senior managers, and among those 168 CFOs. Previous editions is the GEC survey report:

• Q1, 2013 
• Q4, 2012 Q3, 2012 Q2, 2012 Q1, 2012 
• Q4, 2011 Q3, 2011 Q2, 2011 Q1, 2011 

Making capital markets work in emerging and frontier economies: case studies

Emmanouil Schizas, June 2012. This paper presents five case studies on the development of capital markets in emerging and frontier economies. These first-hand accounts reveal the crucial human, social and regulatory capital that capital markets rely on and demonstrate how much local regulators and operators around the world can learn from each other.

The role of accountancy in economic development

Ian Welch, April 2012. This paper, prepared for the High-Level Meeting on Accounting for Development in Doha, Qatar, on 22 April 2012, sets out key areas where ACCA believes professional accountancy can contribute to sustained economic development.