Economic uncertainty and fear of the unknown have prompted big businesses to pull the plug on investments and reduce spending, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Sunday (Nov. 24). On the flip side, overall U.S. business activity is starting to show signs of rebounding as...
U.S. corporate balance sheets have declined since the 2017 tax overhaul signed into law by President Donald Trump, as companies allocated more money to share buybacks, dividend hikes, acquisitions and capital spending. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, citing Moody’s Investors Services,...
The tax cuts signed into law by President Donald Trump late last year were expected to spur a spending boost on the part of consumers and businesses around the country. While the consumers have done their job boosting spending, businesses haven’t been following suit, reported...
September 28, 2023
A new survey finds a growing number of CFOs trimming spending due to higher interest rates. The survey, issued earlier this week by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Richmond, found that around 40% of chief financial officers (CFOs) were reducing capital and non-capital spending in the face of the Federal Reserve’s ongoing rate […]
November 24, 2019
Economic uncertainty and fear of the unknown have prompted big businesses to pull the plug on investments and reduce spending, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Sunday (Nov. 24). On...
June 10, 2019
U.S. corporate balance sheets have declined since the 2017 tax overhaul signed into law by President Donald Trump, as companies allocated more money to share buybacks, dividend hikes, acquisitions and...
November 12, 2018
The tax cuts signed into law by President Donald Trump late last year were expected to spur a spending boost on the part of consumers and businesses around the country....
