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    Solid manufacturing, services signal rebounding Q3 growth: S&P Global

    Economic growth will likely quicken during the third quarter and expand at a 2.3% annualized rate, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said.

    By • Aug. 21, 2025
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    Cybersecurity startup Horizon3.ai taps new CFO

    Founded in 2019, San Francisco-based Horizon3.ai in June completed a $100 million Series D funding round. 

    By • Aug. 20, 2025
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    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
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    IRS underreports wait times for taxpayers phoning in for help: TIGTA

    “More transparency is needed when reporting IRS telephone level of service and average wait time,” the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said.

    By • Aug. 20, 2025
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    CFO turnover spikes after record CEO exits last year

    Starbucks is among the public companies that have named a new CFO this year following a CEO departure.

    By • Aug. 20, 2025
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    Rare earth CFO’s financing strategy hinges on auto contracts

    The Canada-based mining company Aclara's finance chief is priorizing securing contracts from customers who will use its products in order to secure more than $1 billion in financing.

    By • Updated Aug. 20, 2025
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    State data highlight stability in US labor market: San Francisco Fed

    Release of a report on gauging employment by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco precedes an annual Fed meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, titled “Labor Markets in Transition.”

    By • Aug. 19, 2025
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    Lax IRS review opened way for Form 941 business fraud: Inspector General

    The report identifies errors that preceded a historic agency shakeup this year under the Trump administration.

    By • Aug. 18, 2025
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    Retail sales rise despite persistent inflation, soft labor market

    After robust buying in July, consumer sentiment faltered in August for the first time in four months, according to a University of Michigan survey.

    By • Aug. 15, 2025
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    Producer prices rise as high tariff costs trickle through supply chains

    “It’s going to take another two to three quarters for tariffs to play through” the inflation data, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President Alberto Musalem said.

    By • Updated Aug. 15, 2025
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    Opinion

    New cloud-based digital tax rules are here. They warrant CFO attention.

    With remote work driving cloud spending to new heights and states competing aggressively for the related tax revenue, CFOs face mounting pressure to comply with a growing patchwork of tax obligations.

    By Winston Post • Aug. 14, 2025
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    AI cuts monthly financial close time by 7.5 days: MIT/Stanford study

    Accounting firms that adopt artificial intelligence can yield “remarkable improvements in productivity, task allocation and reporting quality,” researchers said.

    By • Aug. 13, 2025
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    Opinion

    Why CFOs must stop treating compensation as a cost

    Today’s economic uncertainty presents an opportunity for CFOs to get ahead of competitors struggling with the whiplash of boom-and-bust pay tactics, Payscale’s Philip Watson writes.

    By Philip Watson • Aug. 13, 2025
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    Core inflation heats up to 3.1%, fueled by resurgence in services prices

    Despite higher-than-forecast price pressure data, traders in interest rate futures held to their bet that the Federal Reserve will trim the main interest rate next month.

    By • Aug. 12, 2025
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    Why the EU AI Act could be a wake-up call for US CFOs

    Staggered effective dates and uncertainty about which companies must comply could yield fresh financial pressures for CFOs, according to an attorney who specializes in cybersecurity.

    By • Aug. 12, 2025
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    Fed to cut rates next month as tariffs give prices one-time spur: survey

    A handful of Fed officials have voiced optimism since July that the highest U.S. tariffs since the 1930s will stoke just short-term price pressures.

    By • Aug. 11, 2025
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    How Salesforce’s finance chief is leveraging AI

    With artificial intelligence tools, the time it takes to prepare for earnings calls has “been reduced to hours instead of days,” the executive said.

    By • Aug. 11, 2025
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    How CFOs can win the finance talent war with AI-assisted planning

    Talent is scarce. Time is short. AI-assisted planning gives CFOs the edge.

    By Grant Halloran, Planful CEO • Aug. 11, 2025
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    CEO pessimism eases as tariff-induced worries decline: survey

    Risks from import duties have ebbed somewhat since April but still cloud the outlook for price pressures, the job market and economic growth, according to economists.

    By • Aug. 8, 2025
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    Recurring jobless claims surge to highest level since 2021

    The labor market is cooling as inflation heats up, posing a challenge for Federal Reserve policymakers mandated by Congress to ensure full employment and price stability.

    By • Aug. 7, 2025
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    Voter confidence in U.S. fiscal outlook falls to 13-month low: survey

    The Peterson Foundation poll suggests that the White House has not persuaded most voters that a massive tax-and-spending bill enacted last month will eventually reduce the federal debt.

    By • Aug. 6, 2025
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    ‘Big bang’ tech deployments fade amid optimization focus

    “Instead of 24- or 36-month projects, we’re talking six- to eight-week cycles,” Grant Thornton’s Tony Dinola said.

    By • Aug. 6, 2025
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    Service sector slows, employment falls as tariffs take hold: ISM survey

    Consumer spending on both services and goods has fallen this year compared with last year, growing just 1.4% during the second quarter.

    By • Aug. 5, 2025
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    Cybersecurity budgets tighten as economic anxiety rises

    Uncertain tariff policies and fluctuating inflation and interest rates are leading to stagnant or reduced budgets, according to an IANS Research report.

    By • Aug. 5, 2025
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    Labor market outlook dims, with jobs harder to get: Conference Board

    The Trump administration’s back-and-forth approach to tariff negotiations has prompted companies to forgo hiring, economists said.

    By • Aug. 4, 2025
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    First-ever Finzly CFO seeks to create culture of ‘connectivity’

    As the first CFO for the payments infrastructure provider, software alum Adam Carson aims to upgrade the finance role from a "backseat function."

    By • Aug. 4, 2025