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EY-Parthenon is the global strategy consulting arm of EY, advising enterprises on growth strategy, M&A, and large-scale transformation, including AI adoption.
McKinsey Global Institute says technology could cut U.S. labor demand by the equivalent of 36 million jobs in a decade while growth adds about 41 million. On those figures jobs rise, so the open question is how fast workers can move into them.
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Tariffs added about 2.9 percentage points to US inflation through February, New York Fed research finds. For operators setting next quarter's budgets with the midterms weeks away, the recent data show input costs still climbing.
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EY's global delivery centres added more than 10,000 staff in its 2026 financial year, more than the nearly 10,000 the whole firm gained. Outside those centres headcount was flat or slightly lower, so EY's growth is showing up as a change in where it employs people.
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CME FedWatch put the odds of an increase at the Sept. 16 meeting near 90% after August's core reading, and Capital Economics expects two further quarter-point moves by March 2027. The August data predates $100 oil.
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Walmart posted its weakest sales growth in more than six years while cutting prices on 11,000-plus items. Target and Home Depot show which baskets still clear.
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The transfer is about 2.7% of USDe supply, so size is not the story. The story is that the two parties able to explain a custody event have both said nothing.
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The firm's new AI Value Realization Office will govern model selection, usage and scaling decisions. The savings figure is company-reported, and the operating model is still undisclosed.
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The firm is standing up an AI Value Realization Office that takes AI money out of departmental budgets, on the argument that functional funding is what strands most of the value.
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