Economy March 27, 2026
U.S. Consumer Sentiment Falls as Inflation Gets Worse
U.S. consumer sentiment slid to a three-month low in March and year-ahead inflation expectations jumped as the war in the Middle East drives up gasoline prices.
October 8, 2018
ADP Accountant Connect Now Offers In-Dashboard Uploading and Viewing of Tax Notices and Amendments with Access to Payroll Processing
ADP's accounting professional dashboard, Accountant Connect, now offers accountants everything from to the ability to upload and view tax notifications and amendments to payroll processing platform access, to push-notifications and tax resources ...
September 24, 2018
House Rents Unchanged Year-Over-Year for First Time Since 2012
Annual rent appreciation has slowed for six straight months, according to the August Zillow Real Estate Market Report. Rent appreciation has remained below 3 percent annual increase for the past 27 months after growing as fast as 6.6 percent in July ...
September 24, 2018
Getting Your Groove On? Survey Shows Pros Like Listening to Music at Work
Silence may be golden, but most workers feel they're more productive at the office when listening to music, new research from staffing firm Accountemps shows. Eighty-five percent of survey respondents who are able to do so say they enjoy turning ...
September 24, 2018
Flexible Work Environments Improve Job Performance
Working longer hours fewer days a week could be good for business, according to new research from staffing firm The Creative Group. Half of advertising and marketing hiring decision makers (50 percent) surveyed feel productivity would increase if ...
September 24, 2018
Job Killing Commutes: Many Workers Quit Over Long Routes
The drive to work may be driving some professionals to quit, suggests new research from global staffing firm Robert Half. More than one in five employees (23 percent) have left a job because of a bad commute. Among workers in the 28 U.S. cities ...
September 20, 2018
Guess Who’s Not Coming to Dinner?
In over 30 years of flying commercial, I have never had my seat given away. NEVER! I am peculiar about flying and I have always preferred boarding in the final boarding call. When CeCe travels with me, she is always encouraging me to get in line.
September 19, 2018
Millennials Think it’s OK to Tap Home Equity for Household Bills
This is almost a case of robbing Peter to pay ... Peter. Twenty-four million homeowners believe that it’s acceptable to tap into home equity to keep up with regular household bills, according to a new Bankrate.com report. The sentiment is highest ...
September 13, 2018
How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Have Affected Small Business Hiring
4.8% of owners said that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will reduce their hiring plans, 6.9% planned an increase in hiring and 88.3% had no effect on hiring plans based on a recent survey of 663 small business owners.
September 13, 2018
The Shrinking “Lunch Hour”
The lunch "hour" may be a concept of the past, new research from staffing firm OfficeTeam suggests. More than half of workers (56 percent) said their typical lunch break lasts 30 minutes or less.
September 10, 2018
2019 Salary Guides Show Industry Averages
The figures in the 2019 Salary Guide are based on national averages, compiled through Accounting Principals’ partnership with CareerBliss, a career community dedicated to helping people find happiness in the workplace and in life.
September 10, 2018
6 Tips to Carry the Summer Heat Through the End of 2018
With unemployment currently at the lowest it has been in 18 years, it comes as no surprise there is a shortage of skilled talent. However, running a successful accounting firm at optimal efficiency and speed requires you to have the best employees on ...
September 10, 2018
September 2018 Payroll Channel
Although there’s no way to guarantee that employees won’t commit payroll fraud, you can take measures to prevent it or catch it quickly. Set up controls to protect your company from payroll fraud and other kinds of small business fraud cases.