Subscribe to the Latest Blog Posts related to MSI's Global Feelgood Indexhttp://www.msiglobal.org/blog/global-feelgood-index/The latest news and analysis resulting from MSI's Global Feelgood Index, a survey of businesses in over 100 countries. The Index covers seven key areas of business with answers collated and then weighted to reflect the size of the different economies in the responding countries, before being analysed by Joe Nellis, Professor of International Management Economics at Cranfield School of Management, one of the UK’s leading Business Schoolsen-UK? Copyright 2012 MSI GlobalMSI RSS Generatorhttp://www.msiglobal.org/blog/global-feelgood-index/is-the-us-economy-starting-to-recover-msi-feelgood-index-survey-hints-at-growing-positivity/http://www.msiglobal.org/blog/global-feelgood-index/is-the-us-economy-starting-to-recover-msi-feelgood-index-survey-hints-at-growing-positivity/feelgoodIs the US Economy Starting to Recover? MSI Feelgood Index Survey Hints at Growing PositivityAccording to the latest findings of the MSI Global Feelgood Index, businesses on the North American continent are feeling much more upbeat about their prospects in what continues to be a difficult global economy. While the composite Global Index remains flat at +0.10, the level of confidence in NorthFri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 Z2012-02-24T00:00:00Zhttp://www.msiglobal.org/blog/global-feelgood-index/february-global-feelgood-index-chart-msi/http://www.msiglobal.org/blog/global-feelgood-index/february-global-feelgood-index-chart-msi/mendelssohnfeelgoodResults of February Global Feelgood Index - A quick look at the Global PictureThe results from the February Global Feelgood Index clearly show that business confidence remains flat at the global level, but with some interesting regional variations. Just to explain the various decimal scores we are using, the 'perfect score' is 1.0. This would mean that every respondent to theThu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 Z2012-02-23T00:00:00Zhttp://www.msiglobal.org/blog/global-feelgood-index/global-feelgood-index-business-confidence-survey-msi-global-alliance/http://www.msiglobal.org/blog/global-feelgood-index/global-feelgood-index-business-confidence-survey-msi-global-alliance/mendelssohnfeelgoodnellisFebruary 2012 MSI Global Feelgood Index Shows Confidence Building in North America, but Uncertainties in Eurozone Still Pose Threat to RecoveryResearch into levels of business confidence worldwide from the leading international association of professional services firms MSI Global Alliance shows that recovery in many of the major Western economies is being hampered by continued strains in the Eurozone. "The year ahead will be challenging forWed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 Z2012-02-22T00:00:00Zhttp://www.msiglobal.org/blog/global-feelgood-index/commercial-real-estate-market-difficult/http://www.msiglobal.org/blog/global-feelgood-index/commercial-real-estate-market-difficult/feelgoodreal estateCommercial Real Estate Market Still Struggling, but it's not all Bad News, say MSI's North American Members In recent interviews with MSI Global Alliance's members in Salt Lake City, the difficult situation of the North American commercial real estate market was evident. However, there are certainly signs of life in the market, with MSI's attorney and CPA members in certain parts of theTue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 Z2012-02-14T00:00:00Zhttp://www.msiglobal.org/blog/global-feelgood-index/bank-lending-still-difficult-in-real-estate-market/http://www.msiglobal.org/blog/global-feelgood-index/bank-lending-still-difficult-in-real-estate-market/feelgoodreal estateFinancing of Real Estate is Still Difficult, Banks Not Lending in most North American cities Lawyers and accountants from leading local firms across North America's major metropolitan cities have given a generally negative view of real estate market lending conditions in the region. Though there are glimpses of hope, the lending in most cases remains difficult. As shown in theWed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 Z2012-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.msiglobal.org/blog/global-feelgood-index/feelgood-index-north-american-real-estate-market-jan12/http://www.msiglobal.org/blog/global-feelgood-index/feelgood-index-north-american-real-estate-market-jan12/feelgoodreal estatepropertyMSI Global Alliance's North American Members Give their Views on the Outlook for the Real Estate Market At MSI's recent North American Local Members' Meeting in Salt Lake City, a selection of prominent senior lawyers and accountants from the region gave their views on the prospects for the real estate market in their city or state.   Watch the video below to find out the views ofTue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 Z2012-01-31T00:00:00Zhttp://www.msiglobal.org/blog/global-feelgood-index/global-feelgood-report-nov-2011/http://www.msiglobal.org/blog/global-feelgood-index/global-feelgood-report-nov-2011/feelgoodInaugural MSI Global Feelgood Index Reveals that Business Confidence is Finely Balanced New business research into business confidence worldwide from leading international association of professional services firms MSI Global Alliance, has revealed that comparatively low levels of confidence in the developed economies of North America and Europe do not augur well for global economicThu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 Z2011-11-10T00:00:00Zhttp://www.msiglobal.org/blog/global-feelgood-index/does-your-business-have-the-feelgood-factor-take-the-survey!/http://www.msiglobal.org/blog/global-feelgood-index/does-your-business-have-the-feelgood-factor-take-the-survey!/feelgoodDoes your Business have the Feelgood Factor? Take the Survey! As one of the world's leading associations of mid-tier law and accounting firms, MSI Global Alliance is proud to announce the launch of the MSI Global Feelgood Index. And we need your help to ensure that this initiative becomes a tremendous success and provides real benefits to all MSI members. TheThu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +01002011-09-22T00:00:00+01:00