Recurring jobless claims surge to highest level since 2021

The labor market is cooling as inflation heats up, posing a challenge for Federal Reserve policymakers mandated by Congress to ensure full employment and price stability.

By Jim Tyson • Aug. 7, 2025

Voter confidence in U.S. fiscal outlook falls to 13-month low: survey

The Peterson Foundation poll suggests that the White House has not persuaded most voters that a massive tax-and-spending bill enacted last month will eventually reduce the federal debt.

By Jim Tyson • Aug. 6, 2025

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‘Big bang’ tech deployments fade amid optimization focus

“Instead of 24- or 36-month projects, we’re talking six- to eight-week cycles,” Grant Thornton’s Tony Dinola said.

By Alexei Alexis • Aug. 6, 2025

Service sector slows, employment falls as tariffs take hold: ISM survey

Consumer spending on both services and goods has fallen this year compared with last year, growing just 1.4% during the second quarter.

By Jim Tyson • Aug. 5, 2025

Cybersecurity budgets tighten as economic anxiety rises

Uncertain tariff policies and fluctuating inflation and interest rates are leading to stagnant or reduced budgets, according to an IANS Research report.

By Alexei Alexis • Aug. 5, 2025

Labor market outlook dims, with jobs harder to get: Conference Board

The Trump administration’s back-and-forth approach to tariff negotiations has prompted companies to forgo hiring, economists said.

By Jim Tyson • Aug. 4, 2025

First-ever Finzly CFO seeks to create culture of ‘connectivity’

As the first CFO for the payments infrastructure provider, software alum Adam Carson aims to upgrade the finance role from a "backseat function."

By Grace Noto • Aug. 4, 2025

US to install country-specific tariffs Aug. 7

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday officially codifying rates for over 60 trading partners while pushing back implementation by seven days.

By Philip Neuffer • Aug. 1, 2025

Inflation rises, affirming Fed decision to hold benchmark rate steady

President Donald Trump lashed out at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for not cutting the federal funds rate on Wednesday.

By Jim Tyson • July 31, 2025

Fed holds main rate steady, overriding two dissenting votes

The mix of a cooling labor market and stubborn, above-target inflation has posed a dilemma for the central bank while breaking unanimity among policymakers.

By Jim Tyson • Updated July 30, 2025

Construction pros react to interest rate decision

The Federal Reserve held rates steady Wednesday afternoon, dashing hopes for a summer cut, but builders are adjusting their strategies to stay on the job.

By Sebastian Obando • July 30, 2025

CFOs should eye ‘opportunistic’ approach to M&A: Wiss

When it comes to M&A, CFOs today need to allow themselves space to “lose a little money in the short-term,” knowing it will put them on better footing for the long-term, Wiss’s Bill Haemmerle said.

By Grace Noto • July 29, 2025

Consumer confidence inches up despite signs of weakening labor market

Indications of a cooling job market recently prompted Federal Reserve officials to voice openness toward cutting borrowing costs at a monetary policy meeting that ends Wednesday.

By Jim Tyson • July 29, 2025

Microsoft says H-1B visas, layoffs ‘in no way’ related

Scrutiny of the tech giant’s use of the visa program comes at the end of a month in which the company announced deep job cuts. 

By Maura Webber Sadovi • July 28, 2025

27% of US companies plan to delay hiring or investment: NABE survey

“Their uncertainty may be holding businesses in a neutral state,” Cotality Chief Economist Selma Hepp said.

By Jim Tyson • July 28, 2025

CFOs face surging trade compliance costs under Trump’s high tariffs: Fed

Much of the new regulatory cost from higher tariffs stems from greater complexity in determining the national source of a product, according to the Federal Reserve.

By Jim Tyson • July 25, 2025

SEC declines to confirm whether climate disclosure rule will be upheld if it survives litigation

The agency told an appeals court it “does not intend to review or reconsider” the rule but did not confirm whether it would enforce it if legal challenges against the rule fail.

By Zoya Mirza • July 25, 2025

FASB advances GAAP codification refresh

More than 30 accounting rule updates were affirmed by the U.S. standard setter Wednesday as part of a broad refresh of the codification that underpins GAAP. 

By Maura Webber Sadovi • July 24, 2025

What to know about the $7.25 minimum wage

This week marks the 16th anniversary of the federal minimum wage’s last increase.

By Ginger Christ • July 24, 2025

Gainesville Mayor braces for another DOGE-style review

Mayor Harvey Ward will cooperate with the state’s planned audit of the city’s spending, he said, but he “stands by” the city government’s efficiency.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • July 23, 2025

PCAOB slams Hong Kong auditor of Luckin Coffee

Luckin Coffee hired the Hong Kong-based auditing firm soon after settling fraud charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2020.

By Jim Tyson • July 23, 2025

Florida governor, CFO launch DOGE-style local government audits

The Florida’s DOGE audit announcements come roughly a week after Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Blaise Ingoglia to become the state’s finance chief.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • July 22, 2025

IPOs surge 35% in H1 despite policy shifts, market volatility: EY

Global capital markets this year are apparently adapting to political and geopolitical shocks, improving the outlook for IPOs, EY said.

By Jim Tyson • July 22, 2025

Tariffs to slow spending, economic growth during H2: Conference Board

Consumers face an average effective tariff rate of 20.6% and a 2.1% short-run increase in prices, the Yale Budget Lab said.

By Jim Tyson • July 21, 2025

Office workstations could get even smaller: JLL

Many employers rightsizing their real estate to align with the hybrid work era are planning to shrink the office space they allot each worker, a report finds.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • July 21, 2025