Risk Management

  • Header image for "Consumer Confidence Falls 3 Points, But Spending Remains Resilient"
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Consumer sentiment inches up despite anxiety over jobs, inflation

    Recent data have likely done little to ease consumer worries, with the unemployment rate rising last month to 4.6%, the highest level in four years.

    By • Dec. 19, 2025
  • Large amount of US dollars isolated on a black background.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Inflation unexpectedly falls to 2.7% after shutdown crimped measurement

    Given concerns about potentially distorted inflation data, futures traders only increased by 2 percentage points the probability of a monetary policy easing next month.

    By • Dec. 18, 2025
  • navigating Explore the Trendline➔
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip
    Trendline

    Navigating risk in turbulent times

    CFOs must help their organizations mitigate risks by balancing the need for both growth and stability. 

    By CFO Dive staff
  • Business people huddled around paperwork on table
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Build resilience into 2026 risk, finance strategy, Marsh McLennan Agency president advises CFOs

    To build an effective risk management strategy for the coming year, CFOs need to tackle risk holistically, rather than independently, Marsh McLennan’s Matt Stadler said.  

    By • Dec. 18, 2025
  • Header image for "62% of Companies Are Planning to Disclose Pay Rate Information"
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    CFO confidence rebounds despite capital market valuation worries: Deloitte

    Overall CFO confidence in business and the economy notched the highest level since late 2021, according to Deloitte’s latest CFO Signals report.

    By • Dec. 17, 2025
  • A bronze sculpture of an eagle with a 16-foot wingspan adorns the outside of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Unemployment rises to 4.6%, highest level in more than four years

    The rising jobless rate bolsters the Dec. 10 Federal Reserve decision to firm up the labor market by trimming the main interest rate by a quarter point.

    By • Dec. 16, 2025
  • U.S. President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order as U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and White House artificial intelligence and crypto czar David Sacks look on in the Oval Office of the White House.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Alex Wong via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Trump AI order introduces ‘unstable regulatory landscape’: analysis

    The executive order opens a “pandora’s box of not only constitutional issues, but also issues pertaining to the EO’s interpretation and scope,” legal analysts said.

    By • Dec. 16, 2025
  • A man stands in a board room, looking out on the horizon
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    CEO confidence rises amid planning to reduce employment

    Among surveyed CEOs, 31% identified labor costs as the biggest force behind inflation, the Business Roundtable said.

    By • Dec. 12, 2025
  • Team of business people discuss data analytics in a conference room.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    AuditBoard CAO on bridging the risk, action divide

    With the frequency of change and the complexity of risk growing, finding a way to translate strategy into action is even more critical for finance chiefs, AuditBoard’s Tina Yeh said.

    By • Dec. 11, 2025
  • Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell answers questions from reporters
    Image attribution tooltip
    Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Fed trims main rate by quarter-point, forecasts one cut in 2026

    Policymakers reduced borrowing costs for the third time in 2025 amid persistent signs of cooling in the labor market.

    By • Updated Dec. 10, 2025
  • A sign advertises job openings at McDonald's starting at $12 per hour.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Joe Raedle / Staff via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Job openings rise to five-month high as hiring slows: BLS

    Futures traders expect that a divided Federal Reserve will trim the main interest rate by a quarter point on Wednesday, giving way to officials concerned about shoring up the labor market.

    By • Dec. 9, 2025
  • A woman’s hand is asking an AI chatbot pre-typed questions & the Artificial Intelligence website is answering.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Firms’ AI goals prioritize growth over job cuts: EY

    “The data challenges the prevailing ‘headline news’ narrative that AI’s primary role is replacing the workforce,” EY’s Dan Diasio said.

    By • Dec. 9, 2025
  • President Donald Trump walks outside the White House on Oct. 10, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Anna Rose Layden via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Trump pledges order addressing patchwork of state AI laws

    The move comes after the president and big tech unsuccessfully pushed for congressional action on the issue.

    By • Dec. 9, 2025
  • A stack of $20 U.S. bills lay on top of a scattering of more $20 bills.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Inflation holds steady, bolstering case for Fed benchmark rate cut

    Most Fed watchers and futures traders expect the Federal Reserve will trim the federal funds rate by a quarter point to a range of 3.5% to 3.75% on Dec. 10.

    By • Dec. 5, 2025
  • A construction worker sits sadly on a jobsite.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Companies cut 32,000 from payrolls as Fed debates trimming main rate: ADP

    Futures traders have increased the odds that the Federal Reserve on Dec. 10 will cut borrowing costs to 89% from 83.4.% last week.

    By • Dec. 3, 2025
  • SEC Chair Paul Atkins wearing a "Make IPOs Great Again Hat" on the NYSE floor on Dec. 2, 2025
    Image attribution tooltip
    Spencer Platt via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Departing PCAOB member calls for ‘common sense audit regulation’

    Christina Ho takes “great pride in my contributions during my tenure, particularly in serving as a credible lone dissenter who was able to prevent the adoption of some potentially harmful standards and rules,” she said.

    By • Dec. 3, 2025
  • Costco Wholesale Club
    Image attribution tooltip
    Jacob Blanck. Retrieved from Wikimedia Commons.
    Image attribution tooltip

    Costco sues for Trump tariff refund, cites ‘imminent’ harm

    The warehouse club retailer’s complaint emphasized the matter’s urgency, stating importers may not have the legal right to recover duty refunds after liquidation.

    By • Dec. 2, 2025
  • A person uses a torch cutter with a backwards hat in a manufacturing facility
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    U.S. manufacturing shrinks for ninth month as new orders fall: ISM

    “The health of the U.S. manufacturing sector gets more worrying the more you scratch under the surface,” an S&P Global Market Intelligence economist said.

    By • Dec. 2, 2025
  • AI agent touch screen.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    C-suite faces ‘pivotal’ AI moment as autonomous tools rise

    While enthusiasm for autonomous IT operations is high, readiness is uneven, according to tech firm Digitate.

    By • Dec. 2, 2025
  • Using Ai finance interact with an AI data finance assistant on a tablet
    Image attribution tooltip

    iStock/primeimages

    Image attribution tooltip
    Sponsored by Marsh

    Increased filings and underwriter appetite mark IPO landscape

    Increasing filings and growing underwriter demand create fresh opportunities and challenges for companies preparing to go public.

    Dec. 1, 2025
  • The facade of the U.S. Capitol building is seen along with trees and a reflection pond
    Image attribution tooltip
    Kara Arundel/CFO Dive
    Image attribution tooltip

    Preempting state AI laws could yield ‘fiscal windfall’ for US: tech group

    The Trump-backed plan could save the U.S. government billions, according to the analysis. Critics view it as a big-tech handout that would erase needed safeguards.

    By • Dec. 1, 2025
  • Business people in the office
    Image attribution tooltip
    VioletaStoimenova via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip
    Sponsored by Capital One Trade Credit

    Smarter credit decisioning and stronger growth with the power of data

    With modern credit decisioning capabilities, CFOs can boost revenue, manage risk and deliver the seamless customer experience buyers expect.

    Dec. 1, 2025
  • IRS building exterior
    Image attribution tooltip
    Zach Gibson via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    IRS’s temporary relief grants more workers eligibility under Trump’s ‘no tax on tips’ law

    The new guidance grants employees and employers “transition relief” until Jan. 1 of the first calendar year after final rules are issued to determine if they fall under a category for exemptions.

    By Ginger Christ • Nov. 26, 2025
  • Shoppers using digital screen to order Amazon grocery items inside Whole Foods
    Image attribution tooltip
    Courtesy of Amazon
    Image attribution tooltip

    Consumer confidence slumps across all major metrics: Conference Board

    The report of sagging household confidence aligns with a University of Michigan survey that found inflation and pressure on personal incomes pushed down consumer sentiment this month.

    By • Nov. 25, 2025
  • A worker builds an appliance on a factory floor.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Courtesy of GE Appliances
    Image attribution tooltip

    Job gains slowing, unemployment likely to rise to 4.5% next year: NABE

    While forecasting a mix of rising unemployment with above-target but steady inflation, most NABE forecasters predicted that the Federal Reserve will trim borrowing costs next month.

    By • Nov. 24, 2025
  • A woman looks down at a grocery item next to a freezer case
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Consumer sentiment slumps near record low: University of Michigan

    Measures of the consumer outlook for both personal finances and buying conditions for durable goods plunged more than 10%, the University of Michigan found in a survey.

    By • Nov. 21, 2025