Small Business February 5, 2025
Respondents reported 13-quarter highs in their confidence in meeting growth projections (65%), increased demand (64%), cost control goals (62%) and labor needs (60%).
Small Business February 4, 2025
Trump on Monday shelved plans for wide-ranging tariffs on Canada and Mexico, after doing the same for Colombia the prior week. In each case, Trump relented despite countries promising only modest changes on border security and immigration.
Small Business January 14, 2025
Small businesses grew more slowly after the spike in interest rates if they had less access to credit. Those that were hit the hardest had up to 30% lower revenue and 4% lower employment growth compared to other small businesses.
Small Business January 8, 2025
ADP's pay measure uniquely captures the earnings of a cohort of almost 10 million employees over a 12-month period.
Financial Reporting January 7, 2025
Based on the extensive data, the surveyed financial leaders describe challenges such as cybersecurity, talent shortages and digital transformation maturity as continuing to shape strategies and priorities in 2025.
Payroll December 26, 2024
34% plan to staff vacated positions, while 63% will increase the number of contract professionals on their teams. Robert Half is a talent solutions and business consulting firm.
Payroll December 12, 2024
This month, a new record-high share of consumers indicated that they expect mortgage rates to decline over the next 12 months, while fewer respondents said they expect home prices to rise.
Payroll November 30, 2023
New listings have been ticking up recently, and mortgage rates have declined after peaking early this month, signs that some conditions are improving for homebuyers.
Payroll November 30, 2023
The U.S. economy grew at an even faster pace in the third quarter than originally estimated, reflecting upward revisions to business investment and government spending.
Payroll November 30, 2023
The average rate on 30-year fixed mortgages retreated to 7.41% this week, down from 7.55% the previous week, according to Bankrate’s weekly national survey of large lenders.
Small Business November 20, 2023
Retail sales kept up a long streak of year-over-year gains in October even though the rate of growth continued to slow, according to the National Retail Federation.
Accounting November 15, 2023
U.S. inflation broadly slowed in October, which markets cheered as a strong indication that the Federal Reserve is done hiking interest rates.