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Trump tags steel, aluminum imports with 25% tariffs
The new duties build on actions from the president's first term while axing exemptions and product exclusions.
By Philip Neuffer • Updated Feb. 11, 2025 -
Trump tariffs to stoke inflation in 2025: corporate economists
The gain in the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure will probably average nearly 2.7% during the four quarters starting in April, according to economists surveyed by Wolters Kluwer.
By Jim Tyson • Updated Feb. 11, 2025 -
Global tax deal awaits US ask, KPMG exec says
KPMG’s global tax leader Grant Wardell-Johnson views President Trump’s decision to exit the global tax deal as a broad opening salvo that could lead to negotiations.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • Feb. 10, 2025 -
CFPB’s future hangs in the balance after a wild weekend
Headquarters-based staff will work remotely this week after a new acting chief halted agency supervision and enforcement and told the Fed he wouldn't take any unappropriated funding next quarter.
By Dan Ennis • Feb. 10, 2025 -
Jobless rate falls, bolstering bets Fed will next cut main rate in June
Employment gains for November and December were revised up in total by 100,000, the Labor Department said.
By Jim Tyson • Feb. 7, 2025 -
PCAOB warns auditors of risks from lax oversight of specialists
Specialists who use artificial intelligence pose a growing challenge to auditors and, in turn, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
By Jim Tyson • Feb. 6, 2025 -
Service sector expands in the face of trade war risk: ISM
Service sector executives voiced concern that tariffs will push up prices and cause shortages of goods, ISM said.
By Jim Tyson • Feb. 5, 2025 -
Ransomware payments fell 35% in 2024
Cyberattacks using ransomware spiked in the second half of the year, but fewer victims paid up.
By Rob Wright • Feb. 5, 2025 -
ADM to slash up to 700 roles as work to fix reporting problems continues
The agricultural company’s CFO Monish Patolawala said the company is making progress on its effort to “lift” the material weakness related to its financial reporting.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • Feb. 4, 2025 -
Companies reduce philanthropy aimed at boosting racial, gender equality
Change in “corporate citizenship” initiatives coincide with a federal backlash against efforts to promote sustainability in the private and public sectors.
By Jim Tyson • Feb. 4, 2025 -
With AI, CFOs must balance cost, value: Genpact
CFOs need to play a familiar risk versus rewards game to meet the AI deployment mandate being asked of many of them, Genpact’s Vivek Saxena said.
By Grace Noto • Feb. 4, 2025 -
China responds to Trump with added tariffs on certain products
The new duties are set to take effect Feb. 10 and cover some car, equipment and energy imports.
By Max Garland • Feb. 4, 2025 -
Q&A
AI agents may cause some finance jobs to ‘disappear’: Microsoft exec
Microsoft’s Georg Glantschnig said the software giant envisions every business process being impacted by the emerging technology.
By Alexei Alexis • Feb. 4, 2025 -
DeepSeek surge hits companies, posing security risks
The Trump administration is scrutinizing the AI app, Italy and Taiwan have banned it, and companies have blocked it.
By Alexei Alexis • Feb. 4, 2025 -
US manufacturing grows despite risk of tariff-triggered trade war
Confidence among manufacturers last month rose to the highest level in nearly three years.
By Jim Tyson • Feb. 3, 2025 -
Flutterwave CFO keeps eye on ‘sustainable’ profitability
It’s important to prioritize enabling stable revenue and solid profitability given the macroeconomic volatility in the African markets where Flutterwave operates, CFO Mitesh Popat said.
By Grace Noto • Feb. 3, 2025 -
Inflation meets Fed expectations, affirming hold on main interest rate
“I would like to see progress in lowering inflation resume before we make further adjustments” to the main interest rate, Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said.
By Jim Tyson • Jan. 31, 2025 -
Orbia’s CFO on tracking tariff news ‘minute by minute’
The multinational industrial products has strategized for months in anticipation of U.S. tariffs against Mexico that are now poised to go into effect Saturday.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • Jan. 31, 2025 -
Security tool consolidation boosts efficiency, threat mitigation
A study from IBM shows the controversial shift to platformization can pay off for enterprises.
By David Jones • Jan. 31, 2025 -
CFO Dive’s 2025 outlook roundup: Trends to watch
In the new year, financial executives must prepare for significant federal policy shifts as well as for the next chapter in the still-unfolding story of generative AI.
By CFO Dive Staff • Jan. 31, 2025 -
Tesla CFO flags risk posed by Trump tariffs
The electric vehicle executive is the latest finance chief of a major U.S. company to sound the alarm over the president’s tariff plans.
By Alexei Alexis • Jan. 30, 2025 -
Deep Dive
Trump’s softer-touch SEC may ease CFO regulatory burden
By slimming the SEC’s budget, headcount and regulatory scope, a new agency chief would fall in step with Trump’s cost-cutting and efficiency campaign.
By Jim Tyson • Jan. 30, 2025 -
Fed holds main rate steady as Trump tariff threat poses inflation risk
Central bank policymakers, in a unanimous decision, paused monetary easing while noting that inflation remains above their 2% target.
By Jim Tyson • Updated Jan. 29, 2025 -
State AGs threaten financial institutions over ESG, DEI policies
Bank of America, BlackRock, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley were all asked about their plans for implementing hiring or supplier diversity goals.
By Lamar Johnson • Jan. 28, 2025 -
Trump order shifts AI policy away from Biden-era risk focus
The order calls for federal agencies to nix Biden policies that are deemed a threat to AI innovation.
By Alexei Alexis • Jan. 28, 2025