Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 6, 2025

How should investors view the relationship between trade policy and inflation in the current economic environment? Gwinn Professor of Economics Masters in Business (coming soon) ~~~ Find all of the previous At the Money episodes here , and in the MiB feed on Apple Podcasts , YouTube , Spotify , and Bloomberg. I think number one.

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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). The total number of officially unemployed was 6.011 million in November, a drop of 48,000.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 20, 2024

In moving to Beijing from Toronto, SWIFT hopes to enhance its position as a global provider of secure financial messaging services, since the city is home to most of China’s biggest companies and the largest number of Fortune Global 500 companies in the world.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The number of Americans who filed for jobless claims increased last week, higher than analysts' predictions, another sign that the nation’s recovery is uneven. The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending Sept. The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending Sept.

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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 10, 2022

Ironically, it was during Jefferson’s presidency that the government first embarked upon road construction, with the National Road. This in-kind “tax” was perfectly acceptable to the farming community and it was able to fend off LAW’s legislation for a number of years. Prescient words, those. But not, of course, indefinitely.

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Global Finance

APRIL 3, 2025

The competition numbered as one of at least 19 major international events featuring at least 14 different sports this year in four countries: United Arab Emirates (UAE: notably, Abu Dhabi and Dubai), Bahrain, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. These states are primarily seeking political gains, not economic ones, Olivereau points out.

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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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Accountancy Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

There were 1,964 company insolvencies in December 2022, up 32% compared with December 2021 (1,489) and 76% higher than the number registered three years previously, according to the latest figures from the Insolvency Service. IVA numbers also ranged from around 6,300 to 7,800 per month over the past year.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2018

Visit a construction job site and – along with the water coolers, chain link fences, portable toilets and tools – chances are you will come across stacks of papers, including plans, permits and invoices. The cost of late payments in commercial construction runs $40 billion annually, according to one recent industry report.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The government shutdown was no speed bump, at least, according to the latest job numbers. The numbers, released by the U.S. Yet, there was at least some downward revision to other numbers: December’s previously reported gain of 312,000 positions was reduced to 222,000 net additions. Data released on Friday (Feb.

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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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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 14, 2022

With interest rates already taking a toll on housing, consumer spending and business decisions on hiring and investment remain critical to the economic outlook. One indicator, real private nonresidential construction, had an unfavorable trend. However, rising prices are still providing a significant boost to the numbers.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2019

Businesses of a certain size — and in industries as varied as construction and restaurants — know the pain of wondering if they will have enough capital to fund operations, inventory, expansion and other mission-critical business activities. and global economy. and other countries. Top Industries.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2020

The seasonally adjusted number of new houses sold last month totaled 623,000, down from 664,000 in April 2019. Housing was showing signs of momentum before the pandemic and is poised to lead the economic recovery as virus mitigation efforts take hold and more states take gradual steps to reopen.”. As home sales fell, so did prices.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The proposed Raise Up New York legislation—which would index annual statewide increases to inflation and labor productivity—would help protect workers’ economic security as prices rise, and prevent inequality from widening as the economy grows. an hour and $62,400 at $15 an hour), but still short of real economic security. More than 2.9

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Global Finance

JULY 18, 2024

In this two-part feature on the economics of the Olympics, Global Finance delves into the financial strategies and innovations that the 2024 Paris Games , which run from July 26 to Aug. The stable of sponsors reflects changes in recent economic history. 11, are implementing to avoid the pitfalls of past host cities. billion to $12.1

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The solid labor market supports positive consumer attitudes but that is offset but high inflation and rapid interest rate increases that threaten future economic growth. A deeper and sharper economic contraction becomes more probable if significant declines in payrolls begin to occur. Overall, the outlook remains highly uncertain.

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CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This early encouragement played a key role in shaping my future, as it introduced me to the world of business and numbers. While I do engage in formal mentorship, I find that offering direct, constructive feedback on work submitted to me is equally impactful. What advice would you give to someone aspiring to be a CFO?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

Private sector employment rose by 167,000 in July, but the numbers are a far cry from June, when private-sector employment increased by nearly 2.4 The total was well below Wall Street predictions that the number of new jobs in the private sector would reach one million. ADP found that while June’s payroll was revised upward to 4.3

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Global Finance

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

This sentiment is echoed by AI Now, a research institute, which asserts that “AI is now firmly positioned as a critical strategic technology for the geopolitical and economic ambitions of nation-states.” By comparison, they anticipate low disruption in “physically intensive professions such as construction (6%) and maintenance (4%).”

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Numbers-wise, the regional impact and cost are in line with such events elsewhere on the planet. According to the World Economic Forum, globally reported economic losses attributed to climate and water extremes reached $1.48 Grizzi, EY: The impacts of natural disasters filter down through the entire economic system.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The government shutdown was no speed bump, at least, according to the latest job numbers. The numbers, released by the U.S. Yet, there was at least some downward revision to other numbers: December’s previously reported gain of 312,000 positions was reduced to 222,000 net additions. Data released on Friday (Feb.

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CFO Talks

JANUARY 30, 2025

Below are the key takeaways from this insightful discussion: The Foundation of a Strategic Vision Roger shared that a successful strategic vision starts with identifying the “magic numbers” for a business. At CFO Centre, we talk about “magic numbers.” Roger Castle: Hi, Leana. often a great way to gain buy-in.

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Sturgeon’s law suggest 300,00 of them are not crap – and that number seems generous. Box We don’t live in objective reality ; in truth, we function in a model of our own construction. We rarely deal with objective reality, instead interacting will all of our artificial constructs. All models are wrong but some are useful.” -Box

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CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

From an early age, I was fascinated with numbers and business economics. While other children were captivated with languages, I found elegance of arithmetic, accounting and how it applied to business economics. Numbers were not merely symbols on a page but the building blocks of stories waiting to be told.

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Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 8, 2023

Though Fama and French’s study focused on 2 factors (size and value), investment research in the subsequent 30 years has identified hundreds of additional factors that investors can use to adjust their return opportunities and expectations in constructing diversified portfolios. Read More.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2021

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) company Unanet has rolled out a number of functionalities to add to its platform for architecture and engineering firms (A/E) in addition to government contractors (GovCons), according to a Tuesday (Jan. 5) announcement.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The states that approved legal sports betting were Maryland, South Dakota and Louisiana, while Virginia approved casino gambling in four locations, Nebraska authorized adding casino games for its horse race tracks, and Colorado added more types and numbers of games allowed at casinos and got rid of some wagering limits.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

What we’ve seen throughout the pandemic is that the economic fallout from each successive wave of case counts has been smaller and smaller,” said. Still, the rapid increase in Covid-19 cases has disrupted operations at a number of manufacturers, and some companies continue to experience staffing shortages. Christopher Kempczinski.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

PYMNTS breaks down the numbers behind the latest cases below. It could really damage the economics of a city," said co-author Eric Holzman, assistant professor of accounting at Ohio State. But the BEC scam is not the only kind of business payments fraud plaguing firms today.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Of that number, more than $30 billion in approved PPP loans has been returned or canceled by businesses, a senior administration official told CNBC. Breaking down the loans, the number of companies that received a loan of $50,000 or under was 3.2 million, 67 percent of the total number of contracts. percent; construction, 12.3

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2020

New hiring fell to an all-time low in April as coronavirus lockdowns took a steep toll on economic activity across the United States, according to newly released Department of Labor stats. Still, the harsh numbers were offset somewhat by a big drop in the pace of layoffs, which fell 3.8 Hiring plunged to 3.5 Hiring plunged to 3.5

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Job openings rose in a number of industries, with the largest increases in retail trade (+172,000), health care and social assistance (+146,000), and construction (+90,000),” the agency wrote in the narrative accompanying the announcement. The number of job openings increased in the South and Midwest regions.”.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 19, 2024

As companies age, the numbers will become more important, as the stories you tell will be constrained by what you have been able to deliver in growth and margins. As companies age, the numbers will become more important, as the stories you tell will be constrained by what you have been able to deliver in growth and margins.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

“Companies which have helped to provide a bridge to some semblance of normalcy, principally in technology, have seen increased demand for their services,” Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst with Bankrate.com, said in a statement. The total number of Americans claiming benefits for the week ending Aug. 29 totaled just over 29.7

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

“These improvements in the labor market reflect the continued resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and efforts to contain it,” the U.S. The number of unemployed people fell in October by 1.5 Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. However, employment in government declined.

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