Economic forecast stories - Page 2
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Avoid employee underpayment woes with better planning and forecasting
Fri, 3rd Apr 2020
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board international
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budgeting
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employee rights
Accurately paying people for the hours they work is only part of the issue. You also need to be able to plan for the future.
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IDC: Global IT spending growth may drop as low as 1% for 2020
Thu, 12th Mar 2020
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it spending
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idc
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market research
Depending on how the economic factors around COVID-19 play out, a pessimistic scenario would see spending growth nowhere near the 4.3% expected.
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IDC lowers cloud spending forecast amidst global slowdown
Mon, 30th Sep 2019
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datacentre infrastructure
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idc
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economic forecast
IDC has lowered its forecast for total cloud infrastructure spending for 2019 as the market enters a slowdown period.
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IDC: Commercial sector will lead ICT spending to $4.8 trillion in 2023
Fri, 16th Aug 2019
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it spending
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idc
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economic forecast
Despite global uncertainty and trade wars, IDC forecasts ICT spending to hit USD $4.8 trillion by 2023, led by the commercial sector with a 5.1% CAGR.
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ASB urges businesses to get on with major decisions despite uncertainty
Wed, 16th May 2018
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business confidence
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economic forecast
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asb bank
Positive thinking is key because New Zealand’s economic growth is actually expected to gradually accelerate to 3.4% by the end of 2019.