Global Finance

APRIL 3, 2025

For the hydrocarbon-dependent MENA economies, the official rallying call extends beyond economic growth to diversification for job creation, especially for individuals entering the workforce. These states are primarily seeking political gains, not economic ones, Olivereau points out.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 26, 2023

The economic recovery since 2020 Private-sector employment has largely returned to pre-pandemic levels across the country, except for the leisure and hospitality sector, which faced large job losses and remains 5.5% State and local lawmakers should seize it. below February 2020 employment levels.

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Global Finance

MARCH 17, 2025

IZ: By focusing on markets aligned with Egypts trade interests and that show economic potential, we are prioritising SME and retail banking, trade finance, digital financial services, sustainable finance, high net worth individuals (HNWIs) and institutional banking. GF: Which markets and sectors are the priority for growth?

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CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

How do you balance achieving strong financial results while also supporting economic development and promoting sustainable growth through corporate social responsibility? At Gas de Cameroon, our mission is to unlock Cameroon’s economic potential through cost-effective, clean, and efficient gas products.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

home construction collapsed in March, the sector rebounded in May after steep declines caused by COVID-19 shutdowns, according to the U.S. Home construction activity is beginning to slowly reawaken, just two months after the industry experienced an unprecedented decline in activity,” said Matthew Speakman, an economist at Zillow, wrote. “We

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JANUARY 14, 2021

economy posted slight gains in the pandemic year of 2020, after closing the books on what was one of the most dismal economic fallouts in history, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report on Wednesday (Jan. Low real estate inventories combined with rising construction costs caused the continued rise of housing market prices.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

Late payments are a headache for any industry, but the construction sector has seen some particularly detrimental effects from cash-flow bottlenecks. the collapse of construction conglomerate Carillion pulled back the curtains on the corporate’s B2B payment practices. In the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

However, according to Keith Holmes, VP of operations at equipment rental platform BigRentz , in the last several years, he has seen a significant shift from the purchasing model to the rental model among the construction companies that use the site. “We’ve seen a big shift. Rental Pains.

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Global Finance

APRIL 3, 2025

With just five years remaining on its ambitious Vision 2030 program to modernize and diversify away from its economic dependency on oil, the worlds biggest petroleum exporter and the regions largest economy is nearing a crossroads. The clock is ticking for Saudi Arabia.

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Global Finance

MARCH 3, 2025

Finance products offered range from retail solar mortgages and special loans for electric vehicles to bonds financing the construction of massive wind-power farms and green steel manufacturing plants. Asia wields significant economic influence on the world stage. million) loan for Envision Energy, a wind-turbine manufacturer.

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CFO News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

India's rapid urbanisation, robust infrastructure development, and economic growth have collectively driven significant demand, boosting construction activity in the industrial and logistics sector and supply, which is projected to surpass 60 million square feet annually over the next 3-4 years, a report said on Tuesday.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Peru has seen continued economic growth for the past two years and this is expected to last at least until the end of 2025. Over the last few quarters, Perus economy has been driven by mining, manufacturing, construction, and the service industries. We saw the economic activity print for August come in at 3.5% year-over-year (0.6%

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CFA Institute

JUNE 3, 2022

To test the Sharpe Ratio’s effectiveness, we constructed monthly return distributions for global stock market indices to see if any had too much skewness.

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The caveat these days is that a wicked combination of events — falling new home construction post-GFC, the pandemic purchase spree, and the low available inventory have made it more difficult to read into the usual home data. Nowhere is this easier to see than in mortgage rates and their impact on home purchases.

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CFO Talks

MARCH 14, 2023

Komatsu supplies mining, construction, earthmoving and utility equipment all industries especially hard hit by power cuts. However, the economic decisions that are made next year, especially around load shedding, are key,” says Ehsaan. In particular, mining and quarrying, and construction saw negative economic growth for 2022.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

And it was a miserable economic time, with both of these elevated measures together creating a period of unhappy people that the Misery index neatly captured. As Zunbrun observes, “ The Misery Index, as commonly constructed, doesn’t adequately capture how overall economic conditions affect attitudes.”. But what about amplitude?

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Ironically, it was during Jefferson’s presidency that the government first embarked upon road construction, with the National Road. Thus did the federal camel get its nose under the road construction tent. Thus, in 1957, the great highway construction project got under way. Prescient words, those.

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Future CFO

JULY 20, 2023

China’s economic growth would stay above target though recovery momentum fades, said Fitch recently. Housing construction also remains very weak, the firm said. Nonetheless, Fitch said it still expects China’s economic growth to hit5.6% Nonetheless, Fitch said it still expects China’s economic growth to hit5.6%

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 26, 2022

In doing so, we should criticize the document for the right reasons: those who constructed the EOHLI have ignored or violated the principles for clear thinking that Stanford has developed and championed over the years. Henderson is a Senior Fellow with the American Institute for Economic Research. Syntex Labs, and NASA. Source link.

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CFO News

MAY 31, 2023

Enthused by higher than expected GDP number in the fourth quarter of FY23, Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran on Wednesday said India can look for another year of solid economic performance. per cent on account of better performance by agriculture, manufacturing, mining and construction sectors.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Out of what material should it be constructed? Boudreaux is a senior fellow with American Institute for Economic Research and with the F.A. He writes a blog called Cafe Hayek and a regular column on economics for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. What’s the optimal size and shape of the box? Boudreaux and AIER.

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Global Finance

MARCH 3, 2025

The region is expanding biofuel and clean energy production and is projected to be a key clean-hydrogen export zone by 2030, which will ultimately help unlock economic growth. This requires balancing economic growth and food production with sustainability. Many Latin American banks have been integral to this process.

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CFO News

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Saint-Gobain, a France-headquartered sustainable construction major, targets three-fold growth in India, aiming for a turnover increase from ₹14,200 crore to nearly ₹50,000 crore by 2035.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 9, 2023

Big Tech’s multi-faceted uses of data generate new economic value, prompting questions on how consumers can be fairly compensated. Data collection by large corporations reveals a range of purposes, ranging from altruism to economic exploitation, and at times resulting in the violation of privacy. Virginia Fournari.

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Global Finance

MARCH 27, 2025

Formerly a British colony, Singapore turned to its banks to power its economic growth and transformation after becoming a sovereign country in 1965. For more Singapore economic statistics and analysis, click here to read Global Finances country report page. In the years and decades that followed, they fulfilled that mission.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Within the 37,000 addition in goods-producing industries, construction added 20,000, durable-goods manufacturing rose by 11,000, nondurable-goods manufacturing expanded by 3,000, and mining and logging industries added 3,000 (see second chart). Bob has a MA in economics from Fordham University and a BS in business from Lehigh University.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

Downtowns everywhere from Maine to California are dealing with varying degrees of economic and existential pain as a result of the pandemic, but nowhere is the pain as acute as in college towns. Their economic activity has tended to insulate college towns from the swings of the business cycle,” says a report in The Hill.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 20, 2024

The pilot program, which commenced in 2020, allows Beijing to test a wide range of innovative policies and keep pace with prevailing international economic and trade rules. Beijing is taking the lead in the opening up of China’s financial sector and is closely connected to the global financial networks,” she says.

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Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 26, 2025

Recent swings have been driven by economic policy shifts, persistent inflation concerns, and geopolitical uncertainty – all of which may unnerve even the steadiest of clients. Rather, it's about constructing a portfolio that aligns with a client's long-term goals.

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Accountancy Today

JULY 15, 2022

The firm revealed that it believes with interest rates rising for the fifth consecutive time in June, the economic outlook for business is “bleak”. Mazars added that if UK businesses hadn’t shifted so much of their borrowing to fixed rate loans, the financial impact on business as a whole would have been “even greater”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2020

Manufacturing and construction, for example, are more likely to withstand the economic turmoil than customer service jobs, which are at the mercy of social distancing requirements. There were 7.5 million jobs added in May, but the economy is still 14.7 million jobs short of where it was before the pandemic, WSJ wrote.

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Accountancy Today

AUGUST 4, 2023

Retail, manufacturing, construction, hospitality and real estate were the worst-hit sectors, accounting for 57% of all administrations. With the sector’s filing almost doubling when compared with the first six months of 2022, the retail industry replaced construction as the worst-hit sector.

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CFO News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The Modi-led government sanctioned ₹3 lakh crore for infrastructure projects within its first 100 days to enhance connectivity and economic growth.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 8, 2024

billion, which it has used to fund projects including the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and road construction. Accordingly, China’s involvement in Africa goes beyond trade, encompassing a mix of economic investments, geopolitical strategies, and local challenges. Ethiopia’s debt to China stands at around $13.5

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

While the move was welcomed, Construction Products Association Economics Director Noble Francis told the publication that it is unclear how the government would enforce this, and raised concerns that the construction sector is particularly vulnerable to the consequences of late payments. million businesses in the U.K.

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CFO Strategic Partners

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This survey was answered by people from a wide range of industries including construction, professional services, healthcare, nonprofit, manufacturing and more. Eighty percent of survey respondents shared that economic confidence or outside issues may put a cap on their revenue. The post What’s the 2022 economic confidence level?

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

A 2003 paper on corporate sustainability describes it as recognizing that " corporate growth and profitability are important, it also requires the corporation to pursue societal goals, specifically those relating to sustainable development — environmental protection, social justice and equity, and economic development."

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