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Economists predict above-trend economic growth in 2025: Wolters Kluwer
Economists at companies ranging from Goldman Sachs to Ford Motor and KPMG to Wells Fargo now see only a 27% probability of recession in the next 12 months.
By Jim Tyson • Nov. 14, 2024 -
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Inflation edges up, highlighting Fed’s bumpy path to stable prices
Traders in interest rate futures bet that the Fed will take the inflation news in stride, raising the odds that it will trim borrowing costs by a quarter point next month.
By Jim Tyson • Nov. 13, 2024 -
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Small business optimism rose before election despite uncertainty: NFIB
Nine out of the 10 factors that determine the NFIB’s optimism index increased last month, including the outlook for business conditions.
By Jim Tyson • Nov. 12, 2024 -
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Earned wage access: A CFO primer
The service, which lets users draw an advance on a portion of their pay before payday, raises some thorny issues for employers and their finance teams.
By Suman Bhattacharyya • Nov. 12, 2024 -
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How Trump’s administration may rework payments policies
The president-elect and his new administration will have the opportunity to revamp federal government approaches for everything from earned wage access to digital currencies to open banking.
By Lynne Marek and Patrick Cooley • Nov. 11, 2024 -
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Consumer expectations hit highest level since July 2021: survey
Expectations for personal finances have improved amid indications that many Americans, when looking back four years, believe their financial well-being has declined.
By Jim Tyson • Nov. 8, 2024 -
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Fed cuts rate by quarter point, sees ‘balanced’ risks to inflation, jobs
The reduction in borrowing costs comes just two days after Donald Trump won a second term as president, heralding likely economic policy shifts that may fuel inflation.
By Jim Tyson • Nov. 7, 2024 -
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Consumers during Trump presidency will view Fed as pro-GOP: NBER paper
During his first term as president, Donald Trump’s criticism of Federal Reserve policy influenced interest rate expectations and financial markets, researchers said in a NBER paper.
By Jim Tyson • Nov. 6, 2024 -
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Gauge of future hiring holds steady despite weak October payroll growth
Most components in the Employment Trends Index improved last month, including the share of involuntary part-time workers, the Conference Board said.
By Jim Tyson • Nov. 5, 2024 -
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High-profile wins will likely embolden labor unions in 2025: Moody’s
Although only 6% of the private sector workforce is unionized, organized labor in recent years has won high-profile disputes and scored limited but clear gains.
By Jim Tyson • Nov. 1, 2024 -
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Fed’s preferred inflation gauge speeds up, validating slower easing pace
The faster-paced gain in the core personal consumption expenditures price index coincided with reports of unexpected strength in the economy and household spending.
By Jim Tyson • Oct. 31, 2024 -
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Trump tariff would cost households $3,000 next year: Tax Policy Center
Since Trump last year proposed a blanket import tax, several studies have indicated that the benefits of such tariffs would fall far short of the costs to U.S. households and economic growth.
By Jim Tyson • Oct. 29, 2024 -
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3 takeaways on proposed corporate alternative minimum tax regulations
Two years after the new tax was signed into law by President Biden, the details are still being hammered out.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • Oct. 28, 2024 -
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Fewer companies passing on higher prices to consumers: NABE
The hard-to-predict outcome of the Nov. 5 election and its aftermath is not chilling business plans for investment and hiring, NABE said.
By Jim Tyson • Oct. 28, 2024 -
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Consumer sentiment hits 6-month high, exceeding expectations
Household spending, the labor market and the broader economy have shown signs of unexpected strength in recent weeks.
By Jim Tyson • Oct. 25, 2024 -
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AICPA asks IRS for fresh cannabis tax guidance
The potential reclassification of marijuana as a Class III controlled substance has raised questions about tax benefits cannabis companies stand to gain.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • Oct. 22, 2024 -
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Weakening manufacturing demand clouds economic outlook: Conference Board
Amid minor headwinds to economic growth, “client concerns have shifted from recession to re-acceleration,” according to analysts at Bank of America Securities.
By Jim Tyson • Oct. 21, 2024 -
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Retail sales exceed forecasts, underscoring solid 2024 economic growth
Recent signs of vitality have prompted some economists to mark up growth forecasts, despite weakness in manufacturing and a hiring slowdown early in the summer.
By Jim Tyson • Oct. 17, 2024 -
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NYSE poised to curb serial reverse stock splits
The New York Stock Exchange is proposing rule changes to protect investors from deeply distressed companies that are “inappropriate for trading.”
By Maura Webber Sadovi • Oct. 16, 2024 -
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Female CFOs, CEOs at big companies outearn male counterparts
Women have made gains in recent decades at companies of all sizes but are far from attaining parity in all ways with men in the workplace, according to recent reports.
By Jim Tyson • Oct. 14, 2024 -
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5 tips for businesses filing hurricane-related insurance claims
With Hurricanes Helene and Milton estimated to have cost tens of billions of dollars in damage, it’s important for businesses to carefully document the impact when filing insurance claims.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • Oct. 11, 2024 -
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OpinionHealthcare’s paper check disease
“The persistence of paper checks for patient refunds is not just an inconvenience — it's a symptom of a larger problem that threatens the very sustainability of healthcare organizations,” one software firm CFO writes in this opinion piece.
By Seton Marshall • Oct. 11, 2024 -
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Core consumer price inflation rises 3.3%, outpacing expectations
Despite higher-than-forecast price pressures, John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, said “inflation has come within striking distance of our 2% goal.”
By Jim Tyson • Oct. 10, 2024 -
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C-suites say both Trump and Harris would hurt U.S. competitiveness: PwC
The hard-to-predict outcome from the Nov. 5 election has compelled CFOs to scale back business expectations and forgo investment, recent surveys show.
By Jim Tyson • Oct. 9, 2024 -
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Small business uncertainty hits record high: NFIB
High borrowing costs, a major cause of uncertainty, show no signs of easing even though the Federal Reserve last month cut the main interest rate by a half percentage point.
By Jim Tyson • Oct. 8, 2024
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