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 Jim Tyson • Aug. 19, 2025

Stablecoins now have a green light. What’s next for CFOs?

Even with legislation in place, adoption will still require a willingness to reimagine how corporate funds are allocated, writes Sygnum Bank’s Katalin Tischhauser.

By Katalin Tischhauser • Aug. 19, 2025

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 Jim Tyson • Aug. 18, 2025

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 Jim Tyson • Aug. 15, 2025

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 Jim Tyson • Updated Aug. 15, 2025

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

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

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 Jim Tyson • Aug. 12, 2025

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 Jim Tyson • Aug. 11, 2025

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 Jim Tyson • Aug. 8, 2025

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 Jim Tyson • Aug. 7, 2025

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 Jim Tyson • Aug. 6, 2025

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 Jim Tyson • Aug. 5, 2025

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 Jim Tyson • Aug. 4, 2025

Pitney Bowes replaces CFO after only months in seat

CEO Kurt Wolf said he previously served on the board of GameStop with Pitney Bowes’ newly-minted CFO Paul Evans.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Aug. 1, 2025

US to install country-specific tariffs Aug. 7

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday officially codifying rates for over 60 trading partners while pushing back implementation by seven days.

By Philip Neuffer • Aug. 1, 2025

Inflation rises, affirming Fed decision to hold benchmark rate steady

President Donald Trump lashed out at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for not cutting the federal funds rate on Wednesday.

By Jim Tyson • July 31, 2025

Fed holds main rate steady, overriding two dissenting votes

The mix of a cooling labor market and stubborn, above-target inflation has posed a dilemma for the central bank while breaking unanimity among policymakers.

By Jim Tyson • Updated July 30, 2025

Consumer confidence inches up despite signs of weakening labor market

Indications of a cooling job market recently prompted Federal Reserve officials to voice openness toward cutting borrowing costs at a monetary policy meeting that ends Wednesday.

By Jim Tyson • July 29, 2025

27% of US companies plan to delay hiring or investment: NABE survey

“Their uncertainty may be holding businesses in a neutral state,” Cotality Chief Economist Selma Hepp said.

By Jim Tyson • July 28, 2025

Businesses get more predictable tax runway: EY

Many companies are still “running the numbers” to determine how Trump’s budget will effect their bottom line, but it ushers in a period of “relative tax certainty,” EY’s Adam Francis says.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • July 25, 2025

What to know about the $7.25 minimum wage

This week marks the 16th anniversary of the federal minimum wage’s last increase.

By Ginger Christ • July 24, 2025

IPOs surge 35% in H1 despite policy shifts, market volatility: EY

Global capital markets this year are apparently adapting to political and geopolitical shocks, improving the outlook for IPOs, EY said.

By Jim Tyson • July 22, 2025

Tariffs to slow spending, economic growth during H2: Conference Board

Consumers face an average effective tariff rate of 20.6% and a 2.1% short-run increase in prices, the Yale Budget Lab said.

By Jim Tyson • July 21, 2025

Consumer sentiment edges up on expectations inflation will cool

Recent stability in consumer sentiment coincides with mixed signals on employment and retail sales.

By Jim Tyson • July 18, 2025