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Headwinds & Tailwinds in Finance Explained | [Video + Real-Life Examples]

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Real-Life Examples of Headwinds & Tailwinds in Finance 1. Tech Layoffs – A Headwind for Consumer Spending In early 2023, major tech companies like Google, Meta, and Amazon laid off thousands of employees. This created a headwind for the economy — especially consumer spending. 💭 Why? Fewer jobs = less income = lower spending on gadgets, travel, and entertainment. 📊 Impact: Retailers like Target and Best Buy saw lower sales forecasts. Even small businesses suffered due to shrinking customer budgets. 🔹 2. Falling Crude Oil Prices – A Tailwind for Airlines When global crude oil prices dropped in 2020 during the pandemic, it became a tailwind for airlines. 💭 Why? Fuel is one of the largest costs for airlines. Cheaper oil = lower expenses = higher margins. ✈️ Impact: Even though passenger numbers were down, lower costs helped some airlines survive the storm. 🔹 3. High Interest Rates – A Headwind for Home Buyers In 2023–24, central banks raised interest rates globally to fight ...

How to Increasing your Accounting Profit ?

          World Of Finance by Vijaya Sai.M Sometimes accounting processes seem rigid and unwavering. On the contrary, many techniques are used with different situations to reflect the exact figures desired. Of course, this can only be taken so far, but it can be manipulated. So what are the options of changing the accounting to increase the accounting profit? Let’s make sure we are all on the same page as to what accounting profit really is. Accounting profit is a fairly simple calculation, but it can easily be confused with so many other, similar, terms. The basic definition is the cost of providing products and services subtracted from the price of all those products and services sold. The area that gets hazy is exactly what costs are included in bringing items to the market. The 2 categories that costs are placed are explicit and implicit. Accounting profit is calculated using only explicit costs. Explicit Costs are items or services that...