CFO News Room

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Asana (ASAN) – The work management platform operator forecast weaker than expected current quarter sales, stemming from what it called “macroeconomic cross currents.” PagerDuty (PD) – The cloud computing company’s stock jumped 6.6% in premarket trading after it reported an unexpected quarterly profit. in the premarket.

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Generation CFO

JANUARY 21, 2022

In the interim, it was necessary for the two financial systems to run simultaneously, consolidating month-end figures including budgets and forecasts via an ERP bridge to Ramboll data warehouse. . Overseeing the acquisition. Financially transforming.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Although bureaucracy, corruption, informality, and politics still interfere with foreign direct investment (FDI) sentiment, opportunities are plentiful in the mining, logistics, services, banking, construction, infrastructure, and tourism sectors. and forecasts a 2% rate by the end of 2025. With economic activity averaging 2.8%

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Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 19, 2022

If anything, finding contrary pieces helps reduce confirmation bias and curtails my time in a limited information bubble of my own construction. Median forecasts : We can discuss the various forecasts — 10-year bond yields, Fed funds rate, equity markets, inflation expectations, consumer confidence, etc.

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 21, 2022

But imagine you got a very different forecast: 40% chance of 80-degree sunshine, 30% chance of tornado, 20% chance of blizzards, and 10% chance of a torrential downpour. Markets do not have the choice to sit out a bad weather forecast. How do you pack your small carry-on bag for that weekend ?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Google said it understood that regulators needed to look closely at the acquisition and said the company has "worked constructively with them to resolve their concerns, including the set of legally binding commitments,” Bloomberg reported.

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CFO Talks

JANUARY 8, 2025

Constructive feedback is equally important. Allowing someone who primarily works in accounts payable to gain experience in forecasting or treasury provides them with a broader understanding of finance operations. Ask questions like, What skills would you like to develop? or Where do you see yourself in the next few years?

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Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 8, 2024

Long and Variable Lags : The recessionistas who are convinced a recession scenario is likely for 2024 are basing their forecasts a simple fact: Monetary policy impacts the economy on a delay (aka “long and variable lags”). The banking sector has funded all of the construction and purchases over the past decade. November 29, 2023) _ 1.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Economists forecast the unemployment rate was steady at 3.7%, and average wage growth slowed to 0.3% economist, forecasts that an above consensus 225,000 jobs were added in November. Job growth in November was expected to have slowed while remaining strong, even in the face of layoffs and job freezes at major companies. in October.

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Global Finance

JUNE 6, 2024

Innovation: AI-Based Fund Monitoring Company: Eurasian Bank In Kazakhstan, would-be homeowners often engage in shared-equity construction, a process in which future owners buy shares in a house under construction. One shortcoming is that the actual use of funds isn’t always straightforward.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

in 2023, up from 3% in 2022, but it is now forecast by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to fall to 4.8% China continues to search for antidotes to an ailing economy and the deterioration of its real estate market, and the banking sector continues to expand. GDP growth rose to 5.2% in 2024 and further, to 4.5%, the following year.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

Among the success stories of the nation’s efforts to combat late supplier payments is construction firm Kier Construction, which, according to The Construction Index , has been reinstated to the U.K. FinTech innovation has taken steps to address the late payments challenge in construction and beyond.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2020

NAHB’s Chief Economist Robert Dietz said while the April numbers were down, they were somewhat better than forecasted and are expected to improve as the economy reopens. “While it may seem grim, we know there is light at the end of the tunnel because in May, many states … began to allow construction,” Banfield said in a statement.

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Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 8, 2023

.” FRED’s post on it observed that “Economists Kyle Jurado, Sydney Ludvigson, and Serena Ng use a set of 132 individual macroeconomic time series to calculate forecasting factors and estimate period-specific measures of uncertainty.” Our selective retention retains the good stuff and disregards most of the rest.

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CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

For example, we recently funded the construction of an emergency wing at a local hospital, ensuring it can serve the community for years to come. The first step was conducting a comprehensive review of the budgets and forecasts, which revealed structural inefficiencies and inaccuracies in the balance sheet.

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 3, 2023

NPR ) • Dark Clouds Over Commercial Real Estate Don’t Frighten Allocators : Prices are down and dire forecasts abound, but asset owners plan to modestly boost their CRE exposure ( Chief Investment Officer ) see also The Building Boom Is Prolonging Market Pain : Construction employment is higher than ever—undermining bets the Fed will soon pivot.

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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. His experience is in decision analysis, economics, product pricing, forecasting, and modeling. Syntex Labs, and NASA.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

He joined oil and gas company BG Group in their budgeting and forecasting team to broaden his management accounting and reporting experience. He then moved to the security construction technology company ICx Technologies as division controller. But he soon transferred to the UK to take advantage of its wide range of opportunities. .

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CFO News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Indias GDP growth is forecasted to slow to 6.4% Key sectors like agriculture, construction, and real estate are expected to expand, highlighting a tough economic landscape as the government prepares its fiscal strategy. in FY 2024-25, down from 8.2% in the previous year, with the Reserve Bank of India predicting a 6.6%

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

A “conservative estimate” indicates that 45 million Americans are at risk of losing their jobs, including 75 percent of the people employed by the hospitality and construction sectors, forecasters at Moody’s Analytics said.

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CFO News

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Weaker exports, consumption spending, and construction activity contribute to the lowered growth forecast, despite increased government and agricultural spending. Economists predict slower real GDP growth in the second half of FY25, ranging from 6.4% to 6.6%, compared to RBI's 7% projection.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Low real estate inventories combined with rising construction costs caused the continued rise of housing market prices. Employment levels dropped in some districts and rose in others, with labor demand strongest in the manufacturing, construction and transportation sectors. Commercial real estate remained flat.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 10, 2024

in 2023 and is forecast to hit 5.8% Pan has emphasized monetary policy stability amid widespread calls for radical easing, forecasting that inflation will increase to 1% by year end. The Asian Development Bank forecasts GDP growth at 5% for this year, driven by reduced growth in construction and services.

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CFO Leadership

APRIL 5, 2023

In fact, in many organizations, HR’s talent game plan swings from industrywide hiring “binges” to job “chops” as external conditions and revenue forecasts dictate. 3 The largest increases in job openings were in accommodation and food services, retail trade, and construction. The unemployment rate was 3.4%.

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CFO News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Robust manufacturing and construction activity also likely contributed to growth in the second quarter, economists said. Forecasts ranged from 6.2% The economy grew 7.8% in the April-June quarter and 6.2% in the July-September quarter last fiscal.

Construction 52

Construction Manufacturing Forecasting 52

Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In making their earnings judgments and revisions, analysts draw on many sources, including: The company’s history/news : With the standard caveat that the past does not guarantee future results, analysts consider a company’s historical trend lines in forecasting revenues and earnings.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Logisly works with 40,000 trucks and caters to over 300 corporate shippers from a cross-section of verticals, including chemicals, construction, and eCommerce. The Indonesian logistics market has been forecast to hit $300 billion by 2024, up from $221 billion in 2020, a Ken Research report indicated, per TechAsia.

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Startups Construction eCommerce Forecasting 69

Future CFO

AUGUST 17, 2022

When it comes to the future of jobs in Asia Pacific, Forrester forecast recently that the working populations in the region's five largest economies — India, China, South Korea, Australia, and Japan — are more at risk due to physical robot automation than Europe and North America, said Forrester recently. . South Korea.

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Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 24, 2023

This cover reveals the how they saw this debate: The media’s tendency to treat everything like a horserace, be it in technology, investing, or politics, is more than just a poor construct — it is a lazy way to cover anything. It lacks insight; it oversimplifies, and ages quite poorly.

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CFO Share

MAY 22, 2024

Without clear financial statements, it’s challenging to understand your business’s financial health, forecast cash flows, and manage expenses effectively. Depending on your software, it might be easier to construct an external SCF in Excel to gain a clearer understanding of cash movements.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

That is up from forecasts for 21% growth at the end of September. PulteGroup intentionally slowed sales, due in part to labor shortages in construction and supply challenges, CEO. In January, FedEx Corp. FDX -1.30%. In December, job openings and worker turnover hovered near their highest levels on record, according to federal data.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The company supported its past forecast for the year and enhanced its dividend by 10 percent, CNBC reported. Home Depot reiterated its fiscal 2020 forecast on Tuesday (Feb. Analysts had forecasted $2.10 In January, home construction in the U.S. Its shares were higher by 3 percent in premarket trading on the news.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Its software offers FIs expense management, travel management, financial forecasting and other corporate account management solutions for banks to offer their own business clients, in addition to its front-facing card platform. eSUB Construction Software. With a focus on construction project management, U.S.-based

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CFO Talks

OCTOBER 8, 2024

For instance, someone with strong technical skills in data analytics might not excel at traditional bookkeeping, but their ability to interpret data trends can drive better financial forecasting. When things don’t go as planned, hold constructive debriefs to understand what went wrong and how the team can improve.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2016

According to MarketsandMarkets, the increasing need for operational efficiency is expected to be the primary driver for the fleet management market during the forecast period. The fleet management market is estimated to grow from $9.54 billion in 2016 to $27.9 billion by 2021 at a CAGR of 23.9

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The consensus forecast at the NAR Real Estate Forecast Summit said gross domestic product (GDP) would rise 2.0 Builder confidence levels are high, so we just need housing supply to match and more home construction to take place in the coming year.”. percent with 3.7 percent unemployment and a 3.8

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VCFO

DECEMBER 1, 2022

To do so amid more disruptions, greater emphasis must be placed on forecasting and maintaining adequate reserve levels to help offset the corresponding financial impacts that disruptions bring. Recently, some larger food banks have invested in the construction of community gardens.

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