America's Economic Future – A Discussion By Ted Kavadas
On March 11, 2015 the March 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: About 70 percent of U.S. companies indicate that wages are starting to outpace inflation. …
On January 8, 2015, The Conference Board and PwC released the 4th Quarter Measure Of CEO Confidence. The overall measure of CEO Confidence was at 60, up from 59 in the third quarter. [note: a reading of more than 50 points reflects more positive than negative responses] Notable excerpts from this January 8 Press Release include: …
Recently Deloitte released their “CFO Signals” “High-Level Summary” report for the 4th Quarter of 2014. As seen in page 2 of the report, “One hundred and two CFOs responded during the two-week period ending November 21. Seventy-two percent of respondents are from public companies, and 82% are from companies with more than $1B in annual revenue. For more …
In the last post (“3rd 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 …
Today’s GDP release (Q3, 2nd Estimate)(pdf) was accompanied by the BLS Corporate Profits report for the 3rd 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 November 25, 2014, …
On October 8, 2014, The Conference Board and PwC released the 3rd Quarter Measure Of CEO Confidence. The overall measure of CEO Confidence was at 59, down from 62 in the second quarter. [note: a reading of more than 50 points reflects more positive than negative responses] Notable excerpts from this October 8 Press Release include: …
Recently Deloitte released their “CFO Signals” “High-Level Summary” report for the 3rd Quarter of 2014. As seen in page 2 of the report, “One hundred and three CFOs responded during the two-week period ending August 22. Seventy-five percent of respondents are from public companies, and 83% are from companies with more than $1B in annual …
On September 9, 2014 the September 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: Chief financial officers in the U.S. say a hike in the minimum wage to …
In the last post (“2nd 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 (Q2, 2nd Estimate)(pdf) was accompanied by the BLS Corporate Profits report for the 2nd 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 August 28, 2014, …