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CFOs plan to raise salaries 3.9% in 2025: WTW
U.S. companies are trimming salary increases as the labor market loosens, recovering from a pandemic period of high resignations, job hopping and wage gains.
By Jim Tyson • July 16, 2024 -
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Powell says data lift Fed confidence inflation cooling toward 2% goal
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell welcomed recent inflation data, including a report that the core consumer price index rose last month at the slowest pace since early 2021.
By Jim Tyson • July 15, 2024 -
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BofA tackles digital banking’s transaction pain points
The latest CashPro platform update is designed to better address transaction-related inquiries — one of the top reasons business customers call and email the bank.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • July 12, 2024 -
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Fed will cut main rate before inflation falls to its 2% goal: Powell
A decline in the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure to 2.6% has prompted policymakers to focus more on the cooling job market, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said.
By Jim Tyson • July 10, 2024 -
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Powell spotlights risks to jobs, wants more gains against inflation
The job market in recent months has shown signs of returning to its pre-pandemic trend, with demand for labor easing and unemployment rising to 4.1% in June.
By Jim Tyson • July 9, 2024 -
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Crypto theft doubles to $1.38B
The May theft of over $300 million worth of bitcoin from Japanese cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin is the largest digital currency heist so far this year.
By Alexei Alexis • July 8, 2024 -
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Inflation persists as top concern among small businesses: U.S. Chamber
Businesses in services and manufacturing find price pressures more troublesome than their counterparts in other sectors, the U.S. Chamber said.
By Jim Tyson • July 3, 2024 -
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Powell sees gains against inflation, wants more progress before rate cuts
After Powell’s comments, traders in interest rate futures increased the odds the Fed will cut the main interest rate by a quarter point in September.
By Jim Tyson • July 2, 2024 -
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IPO market quickens as stocks hit record highs during H1 2024, EY says
In coming months the IPO market in the U.S. and beyond faces possible turbulence from intensifying regional conflicts and “an election super-cycle,” EY said.
By Jim Tyson • July 1, 2024 -
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Commercial property vacancy rate to peak in 2026 at 24%: Moody’s
“The preference of many employees to work from home cannot be overlooked,” Moody’s economists said.
By Jim Tyson • June 28, 2024 -
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Trump’s 10% tariff would annually harm households by at least $1,700: AAF
Damage from a sweeping tariff would spread beyond the U.S., “threatening key relationships with allies and inviting a global trade war,” AAF said.
By Jim Tyson • June 26, 2024 -
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Consumer confidence falls amid sagging income, business expectations
“Signs of strain continue to emerge among consumers with low-to-moderate incomes,” Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said Tuesday.
By Jim Tyson • June 25, 2024 -
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Supreme Court ruling douses repatriation tax refund hopes
The court affirmed the constitutionality of the one-time Mandatory Repatriation Tax on income from investments in foreign corporations.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • June 24, 2024 -
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Restatements decline, with small companies more prone to error: CAQ
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 prompted a long-term reduction in restatements by tightening financial reporting and audit rules, CAQ said.
By Jim Tyson • June 24, 2024 -
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Role clarity is key to fractional CFO pay
Contract finance executives must understand the services they truly offer in order to charge — and be paid — what they’re worth, Joe Woodard said Sunday at his firm’s accounting tech conference.
By Chris Gaetano • June 21, 2024 -
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Homebuilding sags to four-year low, stifled by higher-for-longer rates
Mortgage activity last month slumped 8.5% compared with April and 7.3% compared with May 2023, Freddie Mac said Thursday.
By Jim Tyson • June 20, 2024 -
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IRS aims to end ‘shell game’ by partnerships, targets $50B extra in taxes
Tax dodging by complex partnerships “has been overlooked for more than a decade,” IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said Monday.
By Jim Tyson • June 17, 2024 -
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In-house counsel compensation rose 4%, in line with inflation
Median compensation for in-house counsel rose modestly this year as the incidence of signing bonuses declined.
By Justin Bachman • June 14, 2024 -
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FASB’s environmental credit rules recall crypto debate
Like crypto rules FASB recently finalized, the environmental credit accounting standards would provide specific guidance where GAAP is currently silent.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • June 13, 2024 -
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Fed trims 2024 rate forecast to one cut, holds borrowing costs steady
The Fed decision followed a report that inflation last month rose less than economists predicted and at the slowest pace since 2021.
By Jim Tyson • June 12, 2024 -
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Small business uncertainty rises as Fed mulls ‘higher-for-longer’ rates
Fed officials in a meeting Wednesday will likely downgrade from three to two their median projection for the number of quarter-point cuts in the federal funds rate this year, according to futures traders and economists.
By Jim Tyson • June 11, 2024 -
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FASB seeks comment on narrow hedge accounting fix
Despite a unanimous vote, some board members expressed concern the proposed improvements to GAAP hedging guidance do not go far enough.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • June 5, 2024 -
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Forecasts for Fed rate cuts probably too optimistic, Summers says
“I don’t think we’re on a convincing trajectory to the 2% inflation target” set by the Federal Reserve, Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said.
By Jim Tyson • June 4, 2024 -
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Most M&A buyers would pay 3% extra for a company with a good ESG profile
ESG is playing a bigger role in dealmaking than ever before, Deloitte said.
By Jim Tyson • June 3, 2024 -
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NY Fed President Williams forecasts hitting 2% inflation goal in 2026
Price pressures will likely fall during the second half of 2024 as demand declines into better balance with supply, Williams said.
By Jim Tyson • May 30, 2024
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