MANAMA, June 19 -- Senior finance executives across the Middle East remain optimistic about the economy, the outlook for their companies and their investments for the future, despite economic uncertainty, according to the 2019 Global Business & Spending Outlook, a survey released today by American Express Middle East and Institutional Investor Thought Leadership Studio.

This was revealed during a Press-cum-economic-forecast launch on Wednesday at the Capital Club by Mazin Khoury, Chief Executive Officer, American Express Middle East and Sam Knox, Managing Director Institutional Investor, a US based Research entity.

"Despite operating in unsettled times, senior finance executives across the region are concentrating on their day-to-day bu...