Industry Briefing #6
Financial services media highlights
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- The Briefing
- Published date
- April 8, 2024
The Briefing keeps consultants ahead by unpacking essential trends and emerging questions they can answer through market research.
On this week’s issue: Unpredictable events like the Baltimore bridge collapse and the Taiwan earthquake are delaying supply chains. Gold prices are soaring as investors seek stability. Despite a strong US economy, jobless claims and layoffs are rising, and supply chain issues and low oil output are driving up gas prices.
Questions to Stay One Step Ahead
Financial consulting requires you to stay on the pulse of a rapidly changing market. Global events and politics can cause almost instant economic shifts, requiring financial organizations to be extremely adaptable. Your organization will need a future-focused, strategic approach to adjust when the markets change. Questions to consider include:
- Supply chain challenges: How will shipping issues now affect the global supply chain later this year? Are consumers prepared for a lack of product availability?
- Job market: Will ongoing layoffs cause larger problems for the US economy? What changes are companies and government agencies willing to make to keep the job market strong?
- Gas prices: How do rising gas prices affect consumer behavior? Will consumers turn to alternative forms of transportation?
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