Dec 05, 2023 / 09:20PM GMT
Keen Fai Tong - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division - Research Analyst
Okay. Let's go ahead and get started. Really pleased to be joined by Ewout Steenbergen, CFO of S&P Global. Ewout, thank you for being here with us.
Ewout Lucien Steenbergen - S&P Global Inc. - Executive VP & CFO
Thanks, George.
Questions and Answers:
Keen Fai Tong - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division - Research AnalystAlways. So Ewout, let's start with a high-level question. As a diversified financial services company, S&P, of course, has a broad read into the macro environment. What's your latest outlook for the economy over the next 2 to 4 quarters? And how sensitive is S&P to broader economic trends?
Ewout Lucien Steenbergen - S&P Global Inc. - Executive VP & CFO
So let me first describe how our economists think around the next period, and then I can specifically tell you what that means for our business. So our thinking is the economy actually has