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CFOs up forecasting frequency amid economic uncertainty: survey

CFO Dive

Pricing pressures, labor costs and talent retention struggles are creating new forecasting challenges for financial and business leaders, the AICPA & CIMA survey found.

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Forecasting Recessions

Barry Ritholtz

The chart above shows that 84% of CEOs are forecasting a recession over the next 12 months, 69% of Consumers saying the same thing, with the yield curve predicting a 61% chance of a contraction. The problem is those sets of forecasts is already 2 months old, dated October 3, 2023. Previously : Slowing U.S.

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China’s economic growth: IMF raises GDP forecast 

Future CFO

China’s economic growth is estimated to hit 5.4% The fund raised its forecast for China’s economic growth after the country’s better-than-expected Q3 growth and Beijing’s move to approve a 1 trillion yuan (US$137 billion) sovereign bond issue and allow local governments to frontload part of their 2024 bond quotas.

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Tackling the build versus buy forecasting dilemma

CFO Dive

The rise in economic volatility is increasing the need for better decisions when it comes to acquiring and interpreting forecasting data.

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1st Quarter 2024 Economic And Market Outlook: Potential Increased Volatility, Threats To Economic Growth, And Equity Markets

Nerd's Eye View

Yet, by taking a measured look at factors driving economic activity and influencing behavior, advisors can help clients face risks they can't control and (hopefully) position themselves to take advantage of opportunities as they develop. Meanwhile, a smorgasbord of potential risks threatens economic growth's "soft landing" narrative.

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Global GDP growth forecast upgraded to 2.4% for 2023

Future CFO

Atradius has recently upgraded its global GDP growth forecast for 2023 to 2.4%, which is a slowdown from 2022 but a significant improvement on earlier predictions. In addition, the firm posted a global GDP growth forecast of 2.0% Emerging market economies (EMEs) will fare better, with forecast growth of 3.9% for 2024. “We

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UN forecasts world economic growth of 2.3% in 2023, 2.5% in 2024

CFO News

Global economic growth is projected to be 2.3% percentage points from a January forecast, and the prediction for 2024 has dropped 0.2 in 2023, up 0.4 percentage points to 2.5%, according to a United Nations report released on Tuesday