Business Uncertainty news and trends

What Treasurers Can Learn From How Central Banks Approach Risk
B2B Payments // January 24, 2025

As Warren Buffet once said, risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing. After all, opportunities multiply as they are seized — but so do the negative consequences of risk. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Better Data and Inventory Management Can Help Firms Offset Sales Uncertainty 
Economy // September 26, 2024

The best laid plans of mice and men, wrote the poet Robert Burns, oft go awry. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...

The Cost of Not Knowing Is 4.4% of Revenue for Middle-Market Firms
Spend Management // April 02, 2024

According to PYMNTS Intelligence’s inaugural edition of “The 2024 Certainty Project Report,” uncertainty costs middle-market companies more than $20 million on average, per these firms’ CFOs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Fed Survey: Businesses Expect Sales Growth to Slow
Economy // October 25, 2023

American businesses are less sure about future sales than they were before the pandemic. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

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Services Companies Shrug Off Tariffs

June 27, 2025
Consider the stress of middle-market companies like retailer Warby Parker, which sources a lot of its eyewear from China, one of America’s largest trading partners and a major focus of the United States’ global trade war. U.S. tariffs on nearly all foreign countries are making the eyeglasses it sells online and in more than 300 brick-and-mortar […]

The Cost of Not Knowing Is 4.4% of Revenue for Middle-Market Firms

April 02, 2024
According to PYMNTS Intelligence’s inaugural edition of “The 2024 Certainty Project Report,” uncertainty costs middle-market companies more than $20 million on average, per these firms’ CFOs. Get the Full Story...

Quick Reads
Fed Survey: Businesses Expect Sales Growth to Slow

October 25, 2023
American businesses are less sure about future sales than they were before the pandemic. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing […]