US companies’ concerns about hiring have dissipated in the past year. More finance professionals expect their organisations to add workers, according to the latest American Institute of CPAs Business & Industry Economic Outlook Survey.
Optimism about the continent’s economy is on the rise, but companies continue to project low hiring levels and have reduced expectations for profits and sales, according to a quarterly Deloitte survey.
The chairman of the US Federal Reserve has considerable influence over the US economy, according to a recent survey of CGMA designation holders in the United States.
Leaders of the G8 countries agreed to steps to improve tax transparency at their summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday. The countries also agreed, in a separate declaration, that “[t]ax authorities across the world should automatically share information to fight the scourge of tax evasion.”
Executives are only slowly losing their reluctance to spend some of the record amounts of cash on hand. Despite favourable M&A conditions in the United States, respondents in two surveys were most likely to stick with their existing plans rather than spend more cash on deals in 2013.
China is transforming from a low-cost labour market into the world’s largest middle-class consumer market, and CEOs are taking note. In a survey of CEOs from around the world, China emerged as the most attractive country for foreign investments.
Indonesia is an emerging economic powerhouse with a consumer population that is projected to nearly double by 2020. But companies entering the Indonesian market have to overcome infrastructure challenges and tailor their marketing messages to a family-oriented, bargain-hunting society.
Interest in mergers and acquisitions declined in 2012 due to sovereign debt crises in Europe, fiscal uncertainty in the US and political instability in the Middle East. But a Grant Thornton study suggests the appetite for cross-border deals increased.
A quarterly CFO report by Deloitte shows that supporting strategic initiatives is a top priority in the coming year, and CFOs consider retention of talent a key issue.
US economic optimism is on the rise, but that rise has brought it only into the neutral category, according to the latest AICPA Business & Industry Economic Outlook Survey. CPA decision-makers feel good about their businesses’ potential for growth, as each component of a nine-factor index rose compared with the fourth quarter of 2012.
CFOs in the United States have greater expectations for economic growth in the next 12 months compared with the sentiment of counterparts in Italy and France. A new quarterly survey shows that US CFOs project higher net earnings and revenue. Their companies also are more likely to add staff in the next year.
Global economic uncertainty, government response to debt and deficit, and overregulation are among the most worrisome things to CEOs these days, according to PwC’s annual global CEO survey. Find out what strategies they’re employing to protect their companies from the effects of each.
Management accountants are bracing for a decision by the US Congress on the nation’s debt ceiling and spending, and a majority predict the US will suffer in the form of a lower credit rating and weaker dollar. Market volatility and uncertainty is a concern for many finance executives, according to a new CGMA survey.
