Accounting talent shortage eases as layoff fears creep up

The increasing use of AI and offshore outsourcing to help with financial tasks, such as closing the books, is loosening the accounting labor market, experts say.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Aug. 28, 2025

Work from home reduces ‘motherhood penalty’ in ‘family-unfriendly’ jobs

The expectation of working from home may prompt young women to pursue higher career ambitions, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research study.

By Jim Tyson • Aug. 28, 2025

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CFO best practices in the evolving generative AI era

As the initial frenzy around the launch of generative artificial intelligence subsides, a new GenAI era appears to be taking shape.

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Tariffs pose ‘elevated risk’ of unleashing high inflation: Atlanta Fed

“Firms with supply chains that rely on imported goods have revised up their year-ahead [price] expectations markedly,” economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said.

By Jim Tyson • Aug. 27, 2025

Consumer confidence dips on anxiety about jobs, income: Conference Board

The average 12-month expectation for inflation jumped to 6.2% this month from 5.7% in July, the Conference Board found in a consumer survey.

By Jim Tyson • Aug. 26, 2025

Jack Daniel’s maker CFO to retire after 4 years in seat

Leanne Cunningham plans to retire from Brown-Forman on May 1. The Louisville, Kentucky-based spirits maker faces pressures from tariffs and changing alcohol consumption habits.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Aug. 26, 2025

Most economists see inflation persisting above 2% through 2026: NABE

Six out of 10 economists deem fiscal policy as “too stimulative,” the largest share in seven years, the National Association for Business Economics found in a survey.

By Jim Tyson • Aug. 25, 2025

UHY’s new CFO on being a CPA’s CPA: They ‘need numbers’

Laura LaPeer took the CFO seat at the accounting firm of UHY, which plans to grow organically and via private-equity-backed deals.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Aug. 25, 2025

CPA licensing changes poised to hit half of all states by year-end

While a growing band of states have passed new CPA licensure laws, employers, universities, students and regulators are just beginning to grapple with how the new rules will work.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Aug. 22, 2025

Powell clears path for Fed rate cut, flagging labor market weakness

A speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell prompted futures traders to increase the odds that policymakers will trim borrowing costs on Sept. 17.

By Jim Tyson • Aug. 22, 2025

Solid manufacturing, services signal rebounding Q3 growth: S&P Global

Economic growth will likely quicken during the third quarter and expand at a 2.3% annualized rate, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said.

By Jim Tyson • Aug. 21, 2025

Cybersecurity startup Horizon3.ai taps new CFO

Founded in 2019, San Francisco-based Horizon3.ai in June completed a $100 million Series D funding round. 

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Aug. 20, 2025

IRS underreports wait times for taxpayers phoning in for help: TIGTA

“More transparency is needed when reporting IRS telephone level of service and average wait time,” the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said.

By Jim Tyson • Aug. 20, 2025

CFO turnover spikes after record CEO exits last year

Starbucks is among the public companies that have named a new CFO this year following a CEO departure.

By Alexei Alexis • Aug. 20, 2025

Rare earth CFO’s financing strategy hinges on auto contracts

The Canada-based mining company Aclara's finance chief is priorizing securing contracts from customers who will use its products in order to secure more than $1 billion in financing.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Updated Aug. 20, 2025

State data highlight stability in US labor market: San Francisco Fed

Release of a report on gauging employment by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco precedes an annual Fed meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, titled “Labor Markets in Transition.”

By Jim Tyson • Aug. 19, 2025

Lax IRS review opened way for Form 941 business fraud: Inspector General

The report identifies errors that preceded a historic agency shakeup this year under the Trump administration.

By Jim Tyson • Aug. 18, 2025

Retail sales rise despite persistent inflation, soft labor market

After robust buying in July, consumer sentiment faltered in August for the first time in four months, according to a University of Michigan survey.

By Jim Tyson • Aug. 15, 2025

Producer prices rise as high tariff costs trickle through supply chains

“It’s going to take another two to three quarters for tariffs to play through” the inflation data, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President Alberto Musalem said.

By Jim Tyson • Updated Aug. 15, 2025

New cloud-based digital tax rules are here. They warrant CFO attention.

With remote work driving cloud spending to new heights and states competing aggressively for the related tax revenue, CFOs face mounting pressure to comply with a growing patchwork of tax obligations.

By Winston Post • Aug. 14, 2025

AI cuts monthly financial close time by 7.5 days: MIT/Stanford study

Accounting firms that adopt artificial intelligence can yield “remarkable improvements in productivity, task allocation and reporting quality,” researchers said.

By Jim Tyson • Aug. 13, 2025

Why CFOs must stop treating compensation as a cost

Today’s economic uncertainty presents an opportunity for CFOs to get ahead of competitors struggling with the whiplash of boom-and-bust pay tactics, Payscale’s Philip Watson writes.

By Philip Watson • Aug. 13, 2025

Core inflation heats up to 3.1%, fueled by resurgence in services prices

Despite higher-than-forecast price pressure data, traders in interest rate futures held to their bet that the Federal Reserve will trim the main interest rate next month.

By Jim Tyson • Aug. 12, 2025

Why the EU AI Act could be a wake-up call for US CFOs

Staggered effective dates and uncertainty about which companies must comply could yield fresh financial pressures for CFOs, according to an attorney who specializes in cybersecurity.

By Suman Bhattacharyya • Aug. 12, 2025

Fed to cut rates next month as tariffs give prices one-time spur: survey

A handful of Fed officials have voiced optimism since July that the highest U.S. tariffs since the 1930s will stoke just short-term price pressures.

By Jim Tyson • Aug. 11, 2025

How Salesforce’s finance chief is leveraging AI

With artificial intelligence tools, the time it takes to prepare for earnings calls has “been reduced to hours instead of days,” the executive said.

By Alexei Alexis • Aug. 11, 2025