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Companies see year-ahead inflation rising to as high as 4%: NY Fed
Trump administration tariffs risk stoking inflation, disrupting supply chains and undermining corporate earnings, Bank of America Securities analysts said.
By Jim Tyson • March 5, 2025 -
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Tariffs likely to fuel inflation ‘relatively soon,’ Fed’s Williams says
Concern about U.S. import duties “is clearly influencing how people are thinking about inflation this year,” New York Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams said.
By Jim Tyson • March 4, 2025 -
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TrendlineCompensation: solving the cost-talent puzzle
In today’s strong labor market, CFOs leery of raising wages find creative ways to find and retain key employees.
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Trump tariffs: March madness runs down the clock
Stocks slumped Monday after President Trump reasserted U.S. tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico would go into effect Tuesday.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • Updated March 3, 2025 -
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Inflation to persist above 2% Fed goal into 2027 or later: NABE
Traders in interest-rate futures increased the odds that the Federal Reserve this month will continue its pause on easing borrowing costs.
By Jim Tyson • March 3, 2025 -
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Consumer spending falls, highlighting fading confidence
Two closely tracked gauges of consumer confidence slid in February, pushed down by concerns about import duties enacted by the Trump administration.
By Jim Tyson • Feb. 28, 2025 -
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Baker Hughes taps insider for CFO
Ahmed Moghal, who joined the energy technology company in 2017, was appointed to take the company’s finance reins Monday.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • Feb. 24, 2025 -
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Tax preparers urge Congress to protect IRS data amid DOGE advances
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has sparked privacy concerns as it has sought to tap into federal databases in its effort to cut costs and root out fraud.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • Feb. 21, 2025 -
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Consumer sentiment slumps on fears tariffs will fuel inflation
Long-run inflation expectations this month rose to 3.5% in the biggest month-over-month increase since May 2021, the University of Michigan said.
By Jim Tyson • Feb. 21, 2025 -
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CEO confidence surges to three-year high, Conference Board says
CEOs and CFOs have grown more confident despite a lack of clarity in federal regulation, trade, immigration and taxation under the Trump administration.
By Jim Tyson • Feb. 20, 2025 -
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CFOs sharpen focus on supply chain strategies amid tariff threat: BDO
Despite the potential costs from import duties, “CFOs remain optimistic about growth overall,” a BDO executive said.
By Jim Tyson • Feb. 19, 2025 -
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‘Overhyped’ AI may trigger setbacks in stock market: Fed official
Roughly eight out of 10 CFOs plan to boost spending on generative AI and other technologies this year, Gartner found in a survey.
By Jim Tyson • Feb. 18, 2025 -
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Inflation will fall to 2% by mid-2026 barring Trump tariff harm: study
As price pressures gradually ease, the U.S. economy will likely expand 2.3% this year and 1.8% next year, according to the Conference Board.
By Jim Tyson • Feb. 13, 2025 -
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Inflation heats up to 3% as Trump calls on Fed to cut main rate
The unexpected rise in price pressures prompted futures traders to increase the odds that the Federal Reserve will hold the benchmark rate at its current range beyond May.
By Jim Tyson • Feb. 12, 2025 -
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Super Micro says DOJ, SEC subpoenaed documents
The AI server maker’s accounting has drawn scrutiny in the wake of a highly critical report on the company from the now-defunct short-seller Hindenburg Research.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • Feb. 12, 2025 -
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Powell says Fed need not hurry to cut main rate, GDP growth ‘solid’
Monetary policy is “well positioned” to handle any rebound in price pressures or weakening in the labor market, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said.
By Jim Tyson • Feb. 11, 2025 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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Costco’s ‘voice’: The long goodbye
Richard Galanti retired from the warehouse club on Jan. 30, after pivoting to an advisory role following his departure from the CFO seat he held for roughly four decades.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • Feb. 5, 2025 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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
