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Economic trends for 2025 and beyond

Marc Emmer — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000

To project into the future, we must first understand the past. Much of the last year’s narrative has been about the Federal Reserve trying to cool inflation. Its root cause was certainly formulaic — part short-term reaction to supply chain...

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Small business economic confidence reaches 2-year high [WSJ/Vistage Feb 2024]

Anne Petrik — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 15:14:00 +0000

As 2023 gets further away in the rearview mirror, small business confidence continues to climb in February, marking the fourth consecutive monthly increase. The WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index rose to 93.3, reaching its highest level since February 2022....

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Small business confidence holds despite high-interest rates [WSJ/Vistage Nov 2023]

Anne Petrik — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 21:15:39 +0000

Small businesses have become numb to uncertainty. Over the last month, state elections, the Israeli-Hamas war and a potential shutdown of the U.S. government have not hindered small business confidence more than any other event this year. The WSJ/Vistage Small...

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3 tax planning considerations for small and midsize businesses

Anne Petrik — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 21:15:00 +0000

With many small and midsize businesses paying taxes quarterly, last month may have been an unpleasant surprise, especially for those taking advantage of the R&D Tax Credit that has benefitted those in manufacturing or technology. After the tax credit expired...

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Rising human capital costs, uncertainty impact small business confidence [WSJ/Vistage Oct 2023]

Anne Petrik — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 18:53:43 +0000

Despite inflation increasing just 3.7% for the past 2 months and the U.S. Federal Reserve deciding not to raise interest rates in September, small business sentiment about the economy’s future has declined. The WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index fell...

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4 ways CEOs can find growth in a slow economy

Joe Galvin — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:00:00 +0000

As we inch closer to 2024, one thing is clear: We must reset our understanding of the economic landscape. After years of nearly nonexistent inflation and historically low interest rates, we have landed at a higher base level. The sales...

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Ecological and social trends affecting business in 2019

Marc Emmer — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 14:32:35 +0000

Editor’s Note: In Part 1 of our series on external trends impacting small and mid-sized companies in 2019, we study ecological and social trends affecting business. Social trends affecting business Employment trends A study published in the Harvard Business Review...

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