America's Economic Future – A Discussion By Ted Kavadas
On July 9, 2014, The Conference Board and PwC released the 2nd Quarter Measure Of CEO Confidence. The overall measure of CEO Confidence was at 62, down from 63 in the first quarter. [note: a reading of more than 50 points reflects more positive than negative responses] Notable excerpts from this July 9 Press Release include: …
Recently Deloitte released their “CFO Signals” “High-Level Summary” report for the 2nd Quarter of 2014. As seen in page 2 of the report, “One hundred and thirteen CFOs responded during the two-week period ending May 23. Seventy-one percent of respondents are from public companies, and 81% are from companies with more than $1B in annual …
On June 11, 2014 the June Duke/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook Survey (pdf) was released. It contains a variety of statistics regarding how CFOs view business and economic conditions. In this CFO Survey, I found the following to be the most notable excerpts: Survey results show nearly 60 percent of U.S. financial executives think the business environment has …
The June NFIB Small Business Optimism report was released today, June 10. The headline of the Press Release is “Small Business Sentiment – Improves a Bit But Is No Sign Of A Surge.” The Index of Small Business Optimism increased 1.4 points in May to 96.6. Here are some excerpts from the Press Release that …
In the last post (“1st Quarter 2014 Corporate Profits“) I displayed, for reference purposes, a long-term chart depicting Corporate Profits After Tax. There are many ways to view this measure, both on an absolute as well as relative basis. One relative measure is viewing Corporate Profits as a Percentage of GDP. I feel that this metric …
Today’s GDP release (Q1, 2nd Estimate)(pdf) was accompanied by the BLS Corporate Profits report for the 1st Quarter. Of course, there are many ways to adjust and depict overall Corporate Profits. For reference purposes, here is a chart from the St. Louis Federal Reserve (FRED) showing the Corporate Profits After Tax (last updated May 29, 2014, …
On May 1, 2014 I wrote a post titled “Retail Sales – Various Thoughts” concerning various notable changing aspects of retail sales, including aspects of rising stress in retailing. Subsequent to that post, there have been additional noteworthy developments concerning retail sales and retail stocks. As many are aware, April advance retail sales were considered …
There are various changing dynamics regarding retail sales that I believe lack recognition. For reference purposes, here are charts depicting overall retail sales, as seen in Doug Short’s post of April 14, 2014 titled “March Advance Retail Sales Retail Sales Beat Expectations“: While the above chart seems to depict a continual (strong) upward trend, if …
On April 9, 2014, The Conference Board and PwC released the 1st Quarter Measure Of CEO Confidence. The overall measure of CEO Confidence was at 63, up from 60 in the fourth quarter. [note: a reading of more than 50 points reflects more positive than negative responses] Notable excerpts from this April 9 Press Release include: …
The April NFIB Small Business Optimism report was released today, April 8. The headline of the Press Release is “NFIB: Small-Business Owner Roller Coaster Continues.” The subtitle is “After February’s Decline, Confidence Up in March” The Index of Small Business Optimism increased 2.0 points in March to 93.4. Here are some excerpts from the Press …