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MARCH 4, 2025

And in my summer in between I worked for Mayor Daley in Chicago on economic development issues. I don’t recall seeing anybody’s forecast for the year ahead saying, Hey, really inexpensive AI from China, deep seek is gonna completely disrupt everything.

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JUNE 2, 2025

He’s a super intelligent, thoughtful guy, very well versed in business economics and monetary policy. And I was at the time taking introductory to economics, which I really liked ’cause it combined history and politics and math and economics. I found this conversation absolutely fascinating.

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JULY 16, 2025

billion USD), versus the €2 billion forecast previously, according to a separate press release detailing preliminary results for its H1 of 2025. Also Tuesday, the automaker slashed both its free cash flow and its operating margin guidance for full-year 2025, with Renault now anticipating free cash flow of between 1.0 billion to 1.5

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OCTOBER 17, 2024

Recent signs of vitality have prompted some economists to mark up growth forecasts, despite weakness in manufacturing and a hiring slowdown early in the summer.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

When the pandemic first took hold of the retail industry in March and April, the phrase “it’s hard to forecast during a pandemic” was heard in most every executive interview or earnings call. Now that the holiday sales season is imminent, the operative phrase is … well … “let’s try to forecast during a pandemic.”.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

1) after the first major data report of the fourth quarter showed a continuation of America’s recent economic woes. New figures from the Bureau of Economic Analysis showed that personal income fell 2.7 It’s a quandary, experts say, that will partly depend on retailers’ efforts meeting customers where and how they want to shop.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Power and LMC Automotive forecasts that new vehicle retail sales for November 2020 will drop slightly from the same month the prior year, according to a Wednesday (Nov. Retail sales for new automobiles are forecast to be 1.04 The average new vehicle retail transaction price this month is forecast to be just under $38,000.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2022

The apparel and footwear retailer also raised its full-year forecast and reported an unexpected rise in comparable store sales. The apparel retailer is in the midst of a turnaround effort that has involved scaling down inventories and streamlining its brand portfolio. Gap (GPS) – Gap shares rallied 5.1% Shares gained 4.4%

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MAY 20, 2020

Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey said he is not anticipating a fast economic rebound now that the world is reopening for business. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is forecasting that the national GDP will drop by nearly 43 percent in the second quarter — the worst since World War II.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2022

in premarket trading despite reporting a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss and revenue that topped Wall Street forecasts. The sports betting company also raised its revenue guidance and warned a prolonged economic downturn could impact spending by its customers. in premarket action after a weaker-than-expected sales forecast.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The retailer also raised its guidance for full-year per-share earnings. It also raised its earnings forecast for the year but left its revenue guidance unchanged. . BJ’s Wholesale – Shares dropped 6% despite the company reporting beats on the top and bottom lines and raising its full-year forecast for per-share earnings.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

retail rents falling in many locales by percentages even greater than those seen in or after the 2007-08 Great Recession. These decreases are historic,” the Real Estate Board of New York wrote in a new report showing that average Manhattan retail asking rents fell in all of the island’s 17 retail corridors during autumn.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

Liu Xiangdong, a deputy director of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges in Beijing, told CNBC that China has not seen large-scale bankruptcies of small businesses. The Asian economic powerhouse is expected to be followed by South Korea at 1.6 percent against a forecast of 5.1 percent), Russia (0.2 percent).

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JULY 24, 2020

Britain’s stores have become the envy of the retail world. Reuters reports retail sales returned to near pre-COVID-19 lockdown levels last month when so-called non-essential stores in England reopened. In June, sales volumes increased by 14 percent from May, surpassing forecasts in a Reuters poll of economists. Sales were off 1.6

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JULY 5, 2019

The same principal holds true when it comes to forecasting cash flow. The traditional task of cash flow forecasting supplemented by machine learning and artificial intelligence, “can provide users with more accurate visibility into future cash liquidity positions and suggested actions to take based on those predictions,” she said.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Twilio — Twilio’s stock plunged nearly 36%, a day after the company issued a weaker-than-expected sales forecast. Analysts polled by Refinitiv were forecasting earnings of 23 cents per share on revenue of $4.49 PayPal — PayPal slid 5% after lowering its annual revenue growth forecast. Net sales rose 3.35

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The National Retail Federation (NRF) released its 2017 Economic Forecast this week. The NRF’s chief economist, Jack Kleinhenz, said, “It is clear that online sales will continue to expand in 2017 and provide growth for the retail industry. Retailers must decide what to do with their traditional brick-and-mortar stores.

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The face of retail has been changing since the start of digital transformation. Many traditional retailers have witnessed the rise of Amazon to dominate retailing – changing how consumers engage and make purchases. What is certain at this moment is that the evolution of retailing will continue. The toughest period.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The coronavirus has far-reaching impacts that extend beyond health, with a wide range of economic effects in sectors ranging from transportation to telecom and retail. And, in brick-and-mortar news, Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing has reportedly reopened roughly 100 retail locations in China as of last week.

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DECEMBER 24, 2019

Exceeding forecasts , Dec. 21, the last Saturday shopping day before Christmas 2019, has been confirmed as the single biggest retail sales day in U.S. According to retail research firm Customer Growth Partners, consumers on Super Saturday spent a total of $34.4 billion and that exceeded 2019 Black Friday sales by 10 percent.

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MAY 22, 2020

The world’s second-largest economy is opting not to set any economic growth forecasts due to the continued economic uncertainty triggered by the global coronavirus pandemic. It had originally forecast 6-6.5 In 2019, China’s economy grew 6.1 percent, its lowest point in almost 30 years. percent growth for the year.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The new combined bank will be the fifth-largest retail bank in the country. US Economic Forecasts Grim Amid Escalating COVID-19. Fears of economic freefall are mounting as the U.S. The second-biggest banking deal in the U.S. since the Great Recession is moving forward for $11.6 billion, following weeks of talks.

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JULY 24, 2020

When Indochino launched in 2007, the company wasn’t out to create a new template for the entire retail sector, just a better product with better prices and a better buying experience. After all, the pandemic has hit retail perhaps harder than any other economic sector, and an awful lot of players probably won’t make it, Green said. “I

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MAY 1, 2020

Retail is not the same as it was at the beginning of 2020 — in fact, it isn’t the same as it was a mere month-and-a-half ago, given the quick and sweeping changes that COVID-19 has brought in its wake. Amid economic uncertainty, certain retailers are adapting and innovating in ways we haven’t seen before,” Molnar told Webster. “In

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

Costco – Shares of retailer Costco shed nearly 6% after the company reported softer-than-expected sales figures for November that could signal a weak consumer heading into the holiday shopping season. Splunk — Splunk’s stock added 13% on solid quarterly results and an upbeat full-year forecast.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

economy posted slight gains in the pandemic year of 2020, after closing the books on what was one of the most dismal economic fallouts in history, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report on Wednesday (Jan. Low real estate inventories combined with rising construction costs caused the continued rise of housing market prices.

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APRIL 24, 2020

Many of them are owned by families and have been passed through the generations, and have survived rough economic patches. The nation’s economy is forecasted to shrink 9.1 percent this year, per the newest forecasts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Owners know it could be a while before shopping habits rebound.

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JANUARY 21, 2023

While Netflix missed earnings expectations, it added more subscribers than analysts were forecasting. after CEO Sundar Pichai announced the company will lay off 12,000 employees and explained in a memo that the company “hired for a different economic reality than the one we face today.” year over year.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

China saw retail sales increase last month for the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak, another sign of the country’s wider recovery. The latest numbers were a surprise as economists had predicted retail sales would be flat. The latest numbers were a surprise as economists had predicted retail sales would be flat.

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JULY 17, 2020

retail and economic recovery is still facing serious headwinds. retail sales, which exceeded forecasts in June. Retail spending increased 7.5 What was not clear was the effect stimulus funds made on retail spend. But the May and June spikes returned retail sales levels to pre-pandemic numbers.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

ECommerce sales were better than expected in Q2 but dipped in the third quarter, according to Internet Retailer. Non-store eCommerce sales for the three-month period June to August showed an increase of almost 12 percent compared to the previous year, according to the Monthly Retail Trade Report.

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Future CFO

JULY 20, 2023

China’s economic growth would stay above target though recovery momentum fades, said Fitch recently. Nonetheless, Fitch said it still expects China’s economic growth to hit5.6% China’s economic growth will be underpinned by accommodative policy settings, in particular for fiscal policy, according to the firm.

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AUGUST 15, 2019

After a week of uncertainty pushed by lackluster results, particularly among department store retailers, along with uncertainty over U.S.-China China trade relations, the markets got some good news in the form of July retail sales figures. July retail sales saw a 0.7 percent pickup analysts had been forecasting.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

banks have decreased their targets with an economic environment that is changing, the Financial Times reported. The forecast assumes stable unemployment, GDP growth of 1.5 The company serves over 8,000 restaurants, professional services firms and retailers. Multiple large U.S. Bancorp said at its investor day on Thursday (Sept.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

retail sales rose 0.3 billion, missing forecasts but still up for the sixth consecutive month, according to the monthly U.S. Despite the pandemic’s negative effect on the economy, 2020 retail sales in October were 5.7 Despite the pandemic’s negative effect on the economy, 2020 retail sales in October were 5.7 percent. .

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

The firm’s analyst cited falling demand amid weaker economic conditions. after giving an upbeat revenue forecast and reporting better-than-expected quarterly results after the bell Thursday. However, the retailer also said it expected business trends to deteriorate. Broadcom — Broadcom gained 3.1%

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JUNE 10, 2020

As retailers reopen and take stock of new post-pandemic consumer dynamics, the role of industry trade groups is changing. Groups like the National Retail Federation (NRF) focused more on economic forecasts and supply chain issues as other advocacy groups that have taken the fight for more stimulus dollars to Washington, D.C.

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