Small Business February 6, 2023
Small Business Owners Call on Congress to Fix Federal Program Deficiencies
Most small business owners polled urge lawmakers to modernize and improve the Small Business Administration.
Payroll February 4, 2023
U.S. Adds 517,000 New Jobs in January, Unemployment Rate Lowest Since 1969
Hiring topped all estimates in a Bloomberg survey of economists, which called for a 188,000 gain in payrolls and for the unemployment rate to rise to 3.6%.
Accounting February 3, 2023
Miami Woman Accused of Buying Bentley with PPP Funds
According to the indictment, Rendon submitted fabricated loan applications to lenders in New Jersey and Idaho by falsifying her company’s revenue, payroll, employees ...
Payroll February 3, 2023
Mortgage Rates Drop For Fourth Week in a Row
The average for a 30-year, fixed loan was 6.09%, down from 6.13% last week, Freddie Mac said Thursday.
Payroll February 3, 2023
Inflation Rate Drops for 6th Month; Housing Market Still High
There’s good news on the inflation front: December 2022 marked the sixth straight month that the U.S. rate of inflation has decreased.
Payroll February 3, 2023
U.S. Economy Expands at 2.9% Rate in Q4
The U.S. economy expanded at a healthy pace in the fourth quarter, though signs of slowing underlying demand mounted as the steepest interest-rate hikes in decades threaten growth this year.
Payroll February 3, 2023
ADP Says 107,000 Jobs Added in January; Salaries Up 7.3%
Private sector employment increased by 106,000 jobs in January and annual pay was up 7.3 percent year-over-year, according to the January ADP National Employment Report.
Payroll February 1, 2023
U.S. Job Openings Pass 11 Million
Vacancies at U.S. employers unexpectedly increased at the end of 2022, illustrating a solid appetite for labor that the Federal Reserve sees as one of the last hurdles to bring down inflation.
Payroll February 1, 2023
64% of Americans Live ‘Paycheck-to-Paycheck’
The share of Americans who say they live paycheck-to-paycheck climbed last year, and most of the new arrivals in that category were among the country’s higher earners, a new study shows.
Payroll February 1, 2023
U.S. Housing Market Down 2.5% Since June 2022
Last year’s run-up in mortgage rates cast a chill on the housing market, leading to the worst annual slide in sales of previously owned homes in more than a decade.
Technology January 31, 2023
Survey: 40% of U.S. Companies Reported a Data Leak in the Past Year
A big cause of data leaks is improper implementation of zero trust and full trust approaches, SysKit says.
Accounting January 31, 2023
Georgia CPAs Advocate for Profession at State Capitol
CPA Day attendees enjoyed a networking breakfast followed by a legislative update.