News by subject: Economic News/Analysis

Inflation fears and a tough hiring environment continue to drag down optimism in the U.S. economy, according to the fourth-quarter AICPA Economic Outlook Survey. The survey polls chief executive officers, chief financial officers, controllers and...

The worldwide hardcopy peripherals market declined 20.4% year over year in the third quarter of 2021 (3Q21) to nearly 21 million units shipped. Manufacturing constraints and logistical issues were the main causes for most brands to not have enough...

Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) releases its outlook on the structured credit sector, which discusses structured credit issuance, themes for transactions and leveraged loans, and tailwinds and headwinds for issuance and performance next year. The...

Atlantic Power Transmission LLC ("APT"), a Blackstone portfolio company, announced its bid to develop a clean power transmission solution in response to the 2021 New Jersey Offshore Wind SAA Transmission Solicitation initiated by the New Jersey...

KKR today announced the recipients of the latest rounds of KKR Relief Effort grants awarded through two of the initiative's cornerstone programs: KKR Small Business Builders ("SBB") and KKR Grants. In the latest rounds, the KKR SBB program awarded...

In the latest analysis brief, Mark Farrah Associates (MFA), provided insights about the current employer-group Medicare Advantage (MA) market and assessed membership trends by carrier and state. As of November 1, 2021, over 279,000 more beneficiaries...

Sensormatic Solutions, the leading global retail solutions portfolio of Johnson Controls, today released a comprehensive recap of U.S. shopper traffic during the extended 2021 Black Friday weekend, from Black Friday, November 26, through Sunday,...

Following the letter of intent signed in March 2021, Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS) has presented Mayor John Cooper with a proposal to both revitalize the legendary 117-year-old Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway and bring NASCAR Cup Series racing back to...

Today, Square released its Holiday Retail Report, forecasting that this holiday season is not anticipated to deviate considerably from years past. As shoppers are excited to return to physical stores, in-person purchasing is up compared to last year,...

AM Best has revised its market segment outlook to stable from negative for the U.S. commercial property market, according to a new AM Best report. The Best's Market Segment Report, titled, "Market Segment Outlook: U.S. Commercial Property," states...

Enterprises in the U.K. are increasingly embracing a cloud-first approach to their IT investments and are looking to service providers to help them migrate more of their workloads to the public cloud, according to a new report published today by...

New demand for office space fell for the second consecutive month in October to its lowest rate since the first quarter of 2021 suggesting that the initial post-vaccine surge of demand for office space has run its course. Down 30 percent nationally...

First American Financial Corporation , a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today released the September 2021 First American Real House Price Index (RHPI). The RHPI...

KuCoin Labs, the investment and research arm of global leading exchange KuCoin, has released the 2021-Q3 Crypto Industry Report. It looks at the latest developments in the crypto industry, deepening the assessment of the trending topics, and points...

Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) releases its outlook on the ABS sector, examining key trends from 2021 and providing forecasts for the new year. We expect some of the same tailwinds that benefited the ABS market over the past year to continue into...

Net premiums earned for the Medicare supplement insurance lines of business have climbed 64% in slightly less than a decade, reaching $33 billion in 2020, according to a new AM Best report. The Best's Market Segment Report, titled, "U.S. Medicare...

Newegg Commerce, Inc. , a leading tech-focused North American e-retailer, today reaffirmed its previously issued financial forecasts for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, as well as the launch of several operating initiatives to better serve...

As consumer spending continues to rebound, U.S. shoppers showed up in a big way for the small businesses in their communities during this year's Small Business Saturday on November 27, positioning American Express' 12th annual event to be one of the...

The shipping cost is increasing due to the shortage of labor and price rise in every industry. Some retailers have to raise the product price or reduce the shipping service. According to the data from CouponBirds, customers not only hunt the big...

With inventory shortages spurring American consumers to shop earlier this year, Black Friday 2021 sales decreased by 8% and site traffic decreased by 5% compared to last year, according to new insights from Bluecore. The marketing technology company...

Sensormatic Solutions, the leading global retail solutions portfolio of Johnson Controls, today released preliminary shopper visit data for U.S. brick-and-mortar retail stores and shopping centers on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday. Findings...

New-vehicle retail sales for November 2021 are expected to decline when compared with November 2020, according to a joint forecast from J.D. Power and LMC Automotive. Retail sales of new vehicles this month are expected to reach 933,700 units, a...

AM Best has revised its market segment outlook to stable from negative for the U.S. workers' compensation insurance market, according to a new AM Best report. The Best's Market Segment Report, titled, "Market Segment Outlook: U.S. Workers'...

The "Power Supply and Charger Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2021-2031" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. A new study on the global power supply and charger market is published...

Bill.com , a leading provider of cloud-based software that simplifies, digitizes, and automates back-office financial processes for small and midsized businesses (SMBs), released a new survey today that found that a vast majority (80%) of SMBs feel...

Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: FR0014003TT8, DSY.PA) (Paris:DSY) today announced that QEV Technologies, a Spain-based e-mobility and R&D specialist with extensive expertise in electric race cars, is deploying the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the...

AM Best will host a complimentary webinar titled, "Benchmarking Discussion: How Current and Emerging Auto Insurance Trends Will Affect Carrier Results." The webinar will air on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. EST and is sponsored by LexisNexis...

Regulatory News: Transgene (Euronext Paris: TNG) (Paris:TNG), a biotech company that designs and develops virus-based immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer, and NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701), a leader in IT, network and AI technologies,...

Regulatory News: Teleperformance (Paris:TEP), a leading global group in digitally integrated business services, announced today that its public long-term corporate credit rating has been upgraded. Standard & Poor's (S&P) has assigned Teleperformance...

The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Glasgow brought renewed attention to fighting deforestation and forest degradation. On November 10, 2021, China and...

Inseego Corp. , a leader of 5G and intelligent IoT device-to-cloud solutions for enterprises and consumers, congratulates the U.S. Congress and President Joseph R. Biden for a monumental achievement in passing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs...

ACI Worldwide , a leading global provider of real-time digital payment software, is projecting a busy holiday shopping season with eCommerce transactions to rise 23 percent between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, according to ACI's eCommerce...

First American Financial Corporation , a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today released First American's proprietary Potential Home Sales Model for the month of October...

In a repeat of the 2020 experience, after a very strong third quarter, home prices across the United States continued to climb in October albeit at a slower pace than in September. Radian HPI rose at an annualized rate of 17.3 percent in the month of...

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting: What: With inflation rising in 2021, the tax provisions subject to automatic inflation adjustments in the Internal Revenue Code are also seeing somewhat larger adjustments for 2022 than in recent years. Congress...

The "Global Wheelchair Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis 2021-2028" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global wheelchair market size is expected to reach USD 4.9 billion by 2028 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of...

doxo, the innovative web and mobile bill pay service, today released its U.S. Utilities Market Size and Household Spending Report for 2021, revealing that Americans spend $380 billion annually on utility bills. A statistical analysis of actual...

This commentary takes a view on the impact of higher price inflation on sovereign debt and associated risks. Coronavirus-related lockdown dislocations combined with massive fiscal support to disposable income are fueling price inflation as economies...

Billions of dollars have been stolen from decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, a flourishing alternative financial system that replaces traditional intermediaries with software running on blockchains, according to new research by Elliptic, the...

The Economic Development Collaborative (EDC) and the Regional Small Business Development Center Networks of California (SBDC) released a commissioned study titled, "Profile of COVID-19, Community, Business, Nonprofit and Worker Impacts: Informing an...

Clarion Partners LLC, a leading U.S. real estate investment manager and one of Franklin Templeton's specialist investment managers, sees a potential silver lining in the impacts of surging construction costs on the commercial real estate (CRE)...

International Data Corporation (IDC) has announced its Future of Connectedness predictions for 2022 and beyond. Over the past 18 months, organizations have had to adapt to a new normal, where employees require anywhere-anytime access to mission...

AmSkills, a Tampa Bay Area-based nonprofit that provides workforce training and apprenticeships for the manufacturing industry, announced initial results from an ambitious new workforce development partnership that combines the power of virtual...

State Street Corporation announced today that it expanded its academic partnerships with the addition of two esteemed professors from top Boston-based business schools. State Street Associates® (SSA), the academic and data science research arm of...

Long supply chains for technology companies in the United States combined with the need for timely delivery of products to customers has brought challenges to planning. The global pandemic added even more complexity to meet demand for timely...

Swiss performance sportswear brand On ("On" or the "Company") announced today a partial early lock-up release with respect to On's Class A ordinary shares, CHF 0.10 par value per share (the "shares"), pursuant to the terms of certain lock-up...

The "Manufacturing Execution Systems Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2021 - 2026)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Manufacturing Execution Systems Market was valued at USD 11.56 billion in...

The "India Fitness App Market: Prospects, Trends Analysis, Market Size and Forecasts up to 2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The country research report on India fitness app market is a customer intelligence and...

The "Saudi Arabia Commercial Telematics Market: Prospects, Trends Analysis, Market Size and Forecasts up to 2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The country research report on Saudi Arabia commercial telematics market is...

Demand for IT and business services in the Americas continued to climb in the third quarter, reaching record highs and eclipsing previous records from the second quarter as enterprises accelerate their post-pandemic digital transformations, according...