While inflation is mostly retreating around the world, soaring shipping costs and a jump in oil prices are stoking worries about a revival of cost pressures.
Despite tepid growth, and even declines, in sectors such as retail, hiring in healthcare, leisure and hospitality, government, and manufacturing drove a gain in payrolls last month.
Unexpected geopolitical shifts can have disastrous consequences for businesses operating abroad. China's new Foreign State Immunity Law may exemplify the risks.
An SEC ruling is expected to change reporting requirements for ESG metrics, including DEI metrics and policies, labor practices, recruitment and retention, and rewards and benefits.
Although economists are increasingly confident the economy can bypass a recession, consumers' six-month outlook has fallen to the lowest it's been since May.
Businesses and organizations that regularly transfer personal data from the EU to the U.S. should carefully assess whether it makes sense to rely on the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.