Based on a survey of 435 CFOs, corporate treasurers and other senior finance executives across North America, the report examines five categories of risks to organizations’ earnings: Financial, macroeconomic, operational, external and commodities.
It finds that three quarters (72 percent) of responding organizations consider managing financial uncertainty their top concern, including the risks associated with credit, liquidity, interest rates and currency/foreign exchange. Respondents also cited risks associated with macroeconomic conditions—such as the pace of economic growth and inflation (38 percent)—and business/operations risks such as supply chain and/or production disruptions, litigation, labor and outsourcing (36 percent). External risks (country, regulatory, natural disaster) and commodity risks (power/heat, crude oil & distillates, agricultural and metals) are also concerns for a significant share of organizations, but to a lesser degree. A full 41% of respondents expect even more earnings uncertainty in the coming years.
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