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2 months ago | 
treasuryandrisk.com | Augusta Saraiva |Lynn Cavanaugh |Craig Torres |Katanga Johnson
An attendee places their resume in a drop box at the Albany Job Fair in Latham, New York, on October 2, 2024. Photographer: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg. Today’s report on applications for U.S. unemployment benefits may be the first place to see the effects of the Trump administration’s sweep of the federal workforce. It will just be the start. Initial jobless claims were already on the rise in and around Washington, D.C., and economists have begun bracing for broader impact.
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2 months ago | 
treasuryandrisk.com | Meg Waters |Lynn Cavanaugh |Craig Torres |Katanga Johnson
For the Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) treasury function, innovation has long been fundamental. Still, after integrating with Celgene in one of the biggest acquisitions in pharmaceutical history, the company’s treasury team needed to regroup. BMS had become significantly more complex, yet treasury needed to be faster and more agile than ever before to meet the future demands of the enterprise.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
treasuryandrisk.com | Saleha Mohsin |Tasos Vossos |Caleb Mutua |Craig Torres
The Muelle Sur terminal in Barcelona, Spain. Photographer: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg. Members of President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming economic team are discussing slowly ramping up tariffs month by month, a gradual approach aimed at boosting negotiating leverage while helping avoid a spike in inflation, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
treasuryandrisk.com | Caleb Mutua |Craig Torres |Lynn Cavanaugh
Wind turbines at a wind farm beyond solar panels at the Weesow-Willmersdorf solar park, operated by EnBW Energie Baden-Wrttemberg AG, in Werneuchen, Germany, on August 2, 2022. Photographer: Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz/Bloomberg. Annual issuance of global sustainable bonds reached $1 trillion for the second time in 2024, fueled by record sales of green and sustainability notes.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
treasuryandrisk.com | Craig Torres |Lynn Cavanaugh
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
treasuryandrisk.com | Lynn Cavanaugh |Craig Torres |Augusta Saraiva |Allison Bell
People going in and coming out of a Walmart store on a sunny day, south San Francisco bay area. Last week, Walmart announced that it is rolling back its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. It’s the strongest indication yet that a profound shift is taking hold at U.S. companies, which are re-evaluating their policies following the election of Donald Trump as the nation’s next president. Your access to unlimited Treasury & Risk content isn’t changing.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
treasuryandrisk.com | Augusta Saraiva |Craig Torres |Allison Bell |Josyana Joshua
A shopper at a grocery store in Miami, Florida. Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty Images. The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of underlying inflation accelerated in October from a year ago, helping explain policymakers’ more cautious approach to lowering interest rates. Your access to unlimited Treasury & Risk content isn’t changing. Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive: Already have an account? Sign In Now *May exclude premium content
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
treasuryandrisk.com | Craig Torres |Josyana Joshua |Caleb Mutua |Michael Popke
Visitors take photographs near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 2, 2020. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg. The U.S. government’s debt load is now seen as the biggest risk to financial stability, outweighing persistent inflation in a Federal Reserve survey. “Concerns surrounding U.S. fiscal debt sustainability were atop the list in this survey, followed by escalating tensions in the Middle East and policy uncertainty,” the Fed said in its semi-annual financial stability report.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
treasuryandrisk.com | Craig Stirling |Molly Smith |Craig Torres |Lynn Cavanaugh
A customer looks at vehicles for sale at an AutoNation Toyota dealership in Hayward, California, on June 24, 2024. U.S. inflation probably moved sideways, at best, in October, highlighting the uneven path of easing price pressures in the home stretch toward the Federal Reserve’s target. The core consumer price index (CPI) due on Wednesday, which excludes food and energy, is expected to rise at the same pace on both a monthly and annual basis compared with September’s readings.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
treasuryandrisk.com | Augusta Saraiva |Charles Toutant |Catarina Saraiva |Craig Torres
Shoppers on 5th Avenue in New York. Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg. The Federal Reserve's preferred measure of underlying U.S. inflation rose at a mild pace, and household spending picked up in July, reinforcing policymakers' plan to start cutting interest rates next month.
