The latest surveys also confirm that the pandemic continues to wane as a perceived risk to both macroeconomic and company growth. COVID-19 continues to recede as a major economic concern Just over half of all respondents in the latest survey expect their countries’ inflation rates to rise over the next 12 months, with respondents in Greater China (74 percent) and Asia–Pacific (63 percent) the most likely to expect increasing inflation. This is true even in Greater China, where in September and December 2022, concerns over COVID-19 still outranked inflation. It’s been the top-ranked risk overall since June 2022, and in the most recent survey is cited most often in every region. In their home countries, respondents continue to cite inflation most often as a risk to domestic growth.
who have reported outsize concerns about the pandemic’s economic effects, rate it as a much lower risk than last quarter. Even respondents in Greater China, 3 Includes Hong Kong and Taiwan. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 pandemic has all but disappeared as a perceived source of macroeconomic risk. Respondents continue to cite inflation and geopolitical instability as top threats to economic growth, though concerns about financial-market volatility rose between the two surveys. Still, respondents ended the month of March with a more upbeat perspective than they had shared in previous quarters. Executives’ outlook was positive in the initial survey, but that optimism dampened in the second survey.
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In both surveys, participants represent the full range of regions, industries, company sizes, functional specialties, and tenures to adjust for differences in response rates, the data were weighted by the contribution of each respondent’s nation to global GDP.
2 The initial online survey was in the field from March 6 to March 10 and garnered responses from 931 participants the second online survey was in the field from March 27 to March 31 and garnered responses from 871 participants. For our most recent McKinsey Global Survey on economic conditions, we surveyed executives twice in March-right before the upheaval in the banking sector, starting with the closure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), 1 Our initial survey closed on March 10, 2023, the same day that US regulators took over Silicon Valley Bank after a run on deposits, so those responses did not reflect sentiments related to this event or to subsequent bank runs and rescues. Alex the Terrible’s malevolent gutturals took the throne for the most prominent contemporary voice in metal (only to be later challenged by Will Ramos of Lorna Shore). Several months later, Baba Yaga was released as a second single and continued their trend of striving for the heaviest breakdowns in metal.What a difference several weeks can make. On-air DJ Shawn the Butcher intro’d the song by warning us that the ground was going to open up after about a minute and a half, and Satan was going to emerge. Slaughter to Prevail – Kostolomįor my money (mine) no band had captured our attention in the way that Slaughter to Prevail had when Demolisher arrived. My first taste came from listening to LiquidMetal on Sirius XM. It’s a unique blend of accessible melodies and riffs with harsh and piercing vocals, which frankly, metal could use so much more of. It was the year of Death Metal in 2021, and Torn Arteries was the exclamation point 1. Torn Arteries is the album that reminds us that with nasty riffs, anything is possible. Fantastic songs and I’ll gladly included it in my Top Ten AOTY list. Unstable has catchy hook after catchy hook that deserves to be experienced live. If you criticize a metal band for being catchy, take a lap and get over yourself. This album was straight out of 2003 in the absolute best way imaginable. Memes and insults aside, nu-metal is pretty much dead.
I grew up with it, and it was a major part of my entry into heavy music. I’ll start off with my first five, give a brief synopsis, and then go a little deeper with my top five. If I tried to expand beyond that, I’d be full of shit. I’ve listened to these top albums enough times where my opinion was backed by somewhat credible ears. Ten is a number I feel where I can give you an honest assessment of an album. Throughout this month I’ve seen end of the year lists that spanned from anywhere from 40-100. Always late than never, I present my Top Ten AOTY list
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