The country is feeling the effects of trade conflicts and global uncertainty.
Institutional investors and analysts express concerns on geopolitical tensions and a slowing global economy.
"There is a very real risk of contraction, which would take the country into a technical recession," an economist warns.
Seize the day and think of a recession as the best time to pass competitors, says Bain & Co.
Finance chiefs still think an economic downturn is coming, but not until 2020, finds the first-quarter Duke/CFO Global Business Outlook Survey.
"Yield curves are responding to what they see, to what I believe is a global economic slowdown," a portfolio manager says.
Trade tensions and the China slowdown "have contributed to a sense of uncertainty and pessimism about the global economy," AICPA says.
What finance chiefs are and should be doing to brace their organizations for the likely economic downturn.
A study from PayScale found companies are hoping to use perks and targeted increases to keep key employees.
Nearly half of U.S. CFOs think the nation’s economy will enter a recession by the end of 2019, finds the fourth-quarter Duke/CFO Outlook Survey.
Management teams that develop a plan and prepare now will enter a recession with confidence and can emerge stronger.
Internal resistance to change — or mental momentum — can prevent companies from properly responding to new market economics.
