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The Cost of Not Knowing Is 4.4% of Revenue for Middle-Market Firms
Spend Management // April 02, 2024

According to PYMNTS Intelligence’s inaugural edition of “The 2024 Certainty Project Report,” uncertainty costs middle-market companies more than $20 million on average, per these firms’ CFOs. The 2024 Certainty Project is a first-of-its kind study examining the economic impact that uncertainty has on firms operating...

Fed Survey: Businesses Expect Sales Growth to Slow
Economy // October 25, 2023

American businesses are less sure about future sales than they were before the pandemic. That’s according to the latest edition of the Survey of Business Uncertainty, released Wednesday (Oct. 25) by the Atlanta Federal Reserve, Stanford University and the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. According to the survey,...

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The Cost of Not Knowing Is 4.4% of Revenue for Middle-Market Firms

April 02, 2024
According to PYMNTS Intelligence’s inaugural edition of “The 2024 Certainty Project Report,” uncertainty costs middle-market companies more than $20 million on average, per these firms’ CFOs. The 2024 Certainty Project is a first-of-its kind study examining the economic impact that uncertainty has on firms operating on the smaller end of the middle-market spectrum, earning revenues […]

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Fed Survey: Businesses Expect Sales Growth to Slow

October 25, 2023
American businesses are less sure about future sales than they were before the pandemic. That’s according to the latest edition of the Survey of Business Uncertainty, released Wednesday (Oct. 25) by the Atlanta Federal Reserve, Stanford University and the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. According to the survey, businesses’ sales and growth expectations “continue to edge lower.” “Expected […]