According to the Law Firm Business Leaders Report from Thomson Reuters, security concerns and economic pressures have displaced competition for talent as the biggest threats t...
U.S. business activity contracted for a third straight month in September, though the pace of decline slowed while improving global supply chains eased inflation pressures for comp...
A Federal Reserve report showed U.S. firms reported economic activity was unchanged in July through late August, with further softening expected over the next year even as they saw...
Following 2021’s record-setting pace of initial public offerings (IPOs) priced on U.S. exchanges, IPO activity dropped sharply in the first half of 2022. According to FactSet data,...
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) said its Small Business Optimism Index fell 3.6 points in June 2022 to 89.5, the lowest level since January 2013. 34% of owne...
Large U.S. banks reporting 1Q22 earnings thus far have diverged in performance based on business models. Although profits were down across the board compared to the very strong res...
Confidence among small-business owners in the U.S. declined in March 2022 to the lowest level in nearly two years, when the Covid-19 pandemic first hit the country, as high inflati...
Fitch holds a neutral fundamental sector outlook for the U.S. P/C sector in 2022. U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurers are poised to generate statutory underwriting profits and st...
Fitch Ratings’ sector outlook for North American Chemicals is neutral. The Chemicals sector includes diversified, specialty and petrochemical segments. Overall market conditi...
Numerous secular tailwinds are underway; these include growth in areas such as: (i) digital payments (cryptocurrencies, contactless, mobile payments), (ii) buy now, pay later, (iii...
