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	April 19, 2016
	Latest Viewpoint IFAC Global Survey Gives Insights into Challenges, Opportunities, Economic Health of Small- and Medium-Sized Accountancy Practices and their SME Clients by Giancarlo Attolini, Chair, IFAC SMP Committee and Paul Thompson, Director, Global Accountancy Profession Support, IFAC This year has so far proven to be a difficult one for stock markets. Many indices are lower, some with double digit losses. The main culprit is economic uncertainty, triggered primarily by increasing concern over an economic slowdown in China, the world’s second largest economy. Economic commentators and pundits are now looking hard at any evidence that can inform whether this slowdown is merely a blip or something more substantial. The global accountancy profession has some evidence of its own, including the IFAC Global SMP Survey (full report and summary).