Jim Tyson
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1 week ago |
cfodive.com | Jim Tyson
The U.S. economy is headed toward a big slump in growth this year, the Conference Board said Friday, flagging a decline in housing permits and two straight months of rising claims for unemployment insurance. Pessimism among consumers and “persistently weak new orders in manufacturing” also dim the economic outlook, the Conference Board said, noting a 0.1% dip in its Leading Economic Index in May.
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1 week ago |
cfodive.com | Jim Tyson
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held the benchmark interest rate at a range between 4.25% and 4.5% while reiterating that it expects to cut borrowing costs later this year by a total of 0.5 percentage point. In a median projection, Fed officials estimated that their preferred measure of inflation — the personal consumption expenditures price index less volatile food and energy prices — will end the year at 3.1%, 0.3 percentage point higher than their March estimate and well above their 2% goal.
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1 week ago |
cfodive.com | Jim Tyson
The flare-up of an unforeseen “black swan” calamity is a bane of every CFO. It’s also rare. Yet in C-suites worldwide, a flock of such risks has come to roost this year as the Trump administration shakes up global trade, finance and post-World War II alliances. The highest U.S. import duties since the 1930s risk stoking inflation and jumbling international supply chains.
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1 week ago |
cfodive.com | Jim Tyson
The U.S. economy, jarred by the highest tariffs since the 1930s, will likely slow to 1.3% growth this year as inflation persists above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, the National Association for Business Economics said Monday, citing a survey of forecasters. Almost four-out-of-five economists (78%) consider import duties the biggest risk to the economy during the next 12 months, followed by 7% who deem geopolitical conflicts as the top risk, NABE said.
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2 weeks ago |
cfodive.com | Jim Tyson
Consumer sentiment in June rose for the first time in six months as the Trump administration put on hold imposition of high tariffs against China and other major U.S. trade partners, the University of Michigan said Friday. The mood brightened regardless of income, geographic region, age and political affiliation, the university said, citing a survey. Expectations for inflation in 12 months fell to 5.1% from 6.6% in May.
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