Yerevan/Mediamax/. Armenian businessmen became more optimistic.

As Mediamax was told in “Grant Thornton” press service, according to the 2011 “Grant Thornton International” Business Report, this year the Armenian businessmen have shown an increase in the level of their optimism for the year 2011, showing a significant positive swing equal to +48% against the last year’s +32%.

In 2011, Latin America has led on optimism with a balance of +75%. Elsewhere, optimism in the Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan) is at +50%, whilst in North America it is just +26%, with Europe the least optimistic region at +22%.

The 2011 International Business Report reveals some big swings in optimism in Germany where businesses are the most optimistic in the Eurozone at +75%, against +38% of the last year.