Global Finance

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In this interview, Campos Neto shares his insights on the global economy, Brazil’s economic outlook, the resilience of Latin American economies, and the importance of central bank independence. However, even weaker economic data, pointing to a risk of a stronger-than-expected deceleration, contributed to higher volatility.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 31, 2021

According to Gartner , finance leaders anticipate a greater percentage of their time will be spent in improving flexibility of budgeting & forecasting (58%), closely followed by developing digital skills (56%) and redefining employee value proposition in hybrid environments. What does this mean to the finance and accounting team of 2022?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

So, on Thursday, major Chinese lenders reduced their one-year loan prime rate, a key number used across the Chinese financial system, by 0.1 S&P also forecast that China’s annual economic rate could fall as low as 4.4 S&P had previously warned China that it would face a surge of bad loans numbering up to $1.1

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BlueLight

JUNE 2, 2020

Are the variances being driven by operational shortcomings or are there macro economic changes that we weren’t prepared for? How should we adjust the forecast going forward? Year-to-Date (YTD) & Full Year Forecast Source: Wall Street Prep The image above is a sample budget vs actual variance analysis.

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Future CFO

MAY 6, 2020

The shadow financing system in China will come under growing pressure in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic takes a toll on private companies' ability to generate cash flow, said Fitch Ratings recently. Fitch forecasts that China's economic growth will slow to 0.7% China growth to slow to 0.7%

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2018

It can be noted, too, that the International Monetary Fund [IMF] recently shaved several basis points off its global growth forecast.). That’s because the Fed is wary of boosting rates so quickly that economic growth stalls. It’s the famous “punch bowl” argument, that rates should get a boost only at the peak of economic activity.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

As retailers, restaurants and other businesses close in hopes of slowing the spread of the coronavirus, we are already beginning to see the economic impact of this crisis. With strong data and analytics capabilities, PSCU is equipped with the tools to forecast impacts and help our credit unions to plan ahead as much as possible.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Forecasting will also become more challenging because COVID-19 has introduced a lot of uncertainties. A lot of FP&A depends on this type of data for forecasting. Without data, it becomes difficult to forecast “because we don’t carry a crystal ball,” said Gunarso. But they will face immense challenges from the onset.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 11, 2024

in 2022, according to the International Monetary Fund’s July World Economic Outlook 2024. As rates change, treasurers may be unsure about how to continue optimizing the value of cash balances and may fall back on “safe” approaches that may not be flexible enough to keep up with the changing economic environment.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2017

Moody’s told reporters that the decision was based on an array of factors, including a pessimistic forecast for the nation that predicts economic growth for the country to decline to 5 percent by 2020. One way China has aimed to stunt that outflow has been to target cross-border trade invoice fraud.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2019

“It is the Bank of Ghana’ s assessment that these institutions have no reasonable prospects of recovery, and that their continued existence poses severe risks to the stability of the financial system and the interests of their depositors,” the central bank noted in a statement. All in all, around 9 billion cedis ($1.6

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

The novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, has been the ongoing and unexpected opening drama of 2020, wreaking havoc in both public health and economic terms. Apparently a global disease outbreak and all the unpleasant economic symptoms it brings along in its wake create boom conditions in segments of commerce one might not expect.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

However, under the hood, household finances may not be quite as solid as the macro-economic data figures might have indicated. As millennials grew up and entered their 30s, the adults they became weren’t quite the people forecasted by analysts, according to the PYMNTS Connected Consumer Report. According to the Federal Reserve , U.S.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Much more is needed: The Central Bank of the Republic of Argentina (BCRA) still lacks independence from the government, and the ongoing economic and financial changes are part of a radical deregulation and modernization agenda that will take time to implement. Still, the rate of GDP expansion is petering out, from 17% in 2021 to 14.4%

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 10, 2024

They usually react in real time to other central bank moves, including the possibility and risk of taking an independent stand with their interest rates based on a different assessment of economic conditions. Some central bankers kindly agreed to be interviewed for this special report, but none knew their report cards in advance.

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

RIEDER: And all of a sudden, you change the economic paradigm so darn fast. You don’t know where, and you know, their forecast — RITHOLTZ: That goes back to your sense that you need the ability to surprise when necessary. And you know, you have whether it’s derivatives, the intertwined financial system.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 20, 2022

My Two-for-Tuesday morning train reads: • Stocks Could Return About 10% in 2023—But First, They’re Going to Fall : After a selloff in the year’s first half, equities could rebound as investors anticipate a return to economic growth, market strategists say. Wall Street’s market forecasts for 2023 are worthless, our columnist says.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2018

The Treasury Department report, entitled “ A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities ,” serves as a response to executive order 13772, President Trump’s call to regulate the U.S. financial system around a set of core principles. FinTech Growth. The report also comes at a time of ongoing growth for U.S.

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 8, 2024

The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Ed Hyman on Using Economic Data Opportunistically , is below. He is one of those people who focuses on figuring out what’s happening here and now, and is less concerned about making forecasts about the future. That’s just unprecedented. Ed is a fascinating guy. His clients adore him.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2017

Vance’s elegy describes what it was like to grow up the child of a single mother with a drug problem (and multiple stepdads) in a blue-collar Rust Belt town that had lost its economic, social and moral compass over the years. Today, 78 percent of adults have smartphones and forecasts say 90 percent will have one by 2020.

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Barry Ritholtz

JULY 22, 2024

So it’s not a great story, you know, as you on the show… 00:02:05 [Barry Ritholtz] I hear people saying, well, you know, economics business was my backup. So I had the financial crisis through the Morgan Stanley lens. The first is pretty straightforward, director of fixed income and economic research.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 26, 2023

An economic adviser in the Obama White House, David] Kamin isn’t the only one struck by a foreboding sense of déjà vu. financial system afloat. Stats Watch Employment Situation: “United States Initial Jobless Claims” [ Trading Economics ]. Manufacturing: “United States Durable Goods Orders” [ Trading Economics ].

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