Durable goods are a key measure of the economy. Here is my latest report.

1. Durable Goods and
Capital Spending –
United States –
February 2022
Paul Young CPA CGA
March 24, 2022

2. Paul Young - Bio
• CPA, CGA (1996)
• Academia (PF1, FA4, FN2, MU1. and MS2)
• SME – Customer Success Management
• SME – Risk Management
• SME – Close, Consolidate and Reporting
• SME – Public Policy
• SME – Emerging Technology
• SME – Business Process Change
• SME – Financial Solutions
• SME – Macro/Micro Indicators
• SME – Supply Chain Management
• SME – Data, AI, Security, and Platform
• SME – Internal Controls and Auditing
Contact information email: Paul_Young_CGA@hotmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-young-055632b/
SlideShare - https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga
Twitter: https://twitter.com/paulyoungcpa
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/youngercga1968/videos

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Agenda
• Durable Goods
• Business Investment Outlook – 2021
• Supply Chain and Analytics
• Capital Ex Planning
• Blog – Supply Chain
• Blog – ESG Reporting

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Durable Goods / Key Areas – USA
Source - https://www.census.gov/economic-indicators/index.php
Durable Goods -
USA.pdf

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USA Durable Goods – February 2022
Source – https://economics.bmo.com/en/publications/detail/06918220-ffde-4fd9-af4f-8c92e6919f3c/
U.S. Durable Goods
Orders Freeze in February.pdf

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Business Investment Outlook / 2022
capspendind.pdf

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Business Investment Outlook / 2021
Source - https://www.kiplinger.com/economic-forecasts/business-spending

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Capital Investment

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Supply Chain and Analytics

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Capital Expenditure Planning

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Blog – Supply Chain
Many thanks to Deloitte, MHI, Thomasnet for posting this survey.
It was a close race between the top four technology areas respondents said they are increasing supply chain resiliency
investments in:
 Inventory and network optimization — 54%
 Cloud computing and storage — 54%
 Robotics and automation — 53%
 Sensors and automatic identification — 52%
For more information, please see the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/blog-need-resilience-amid-pandemic-
disruption-powering-paul-young/?published=t

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How to Build Resilient Supply Chain
• Blog – How to build a resilient Supply Chain using Data and AI
https://ibm.box.com/s/bqy9mr0ktlgi64sbf49o4rg5d9w0rqkn

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ESG Reporting
Blog - Accountant’s face challenges with ESG reporting -
Financial professionals are confronting some big obstacles when it comes to environmental, social and governance
reporting, according to a new survey, including competing and sometimes conflicting disclosure frameworks, reporting
methodologies and stakeholder demands.
The report, released Thursday by Financial Executives International’s Financial Education & Research Foundation, polled
53 chief accounting officers and controllers from some of the largest U.S. companies, and found that 53% of the
respondents indicated they had not yet started to integrate ESG reporting with their financial reporting, while 43% said
they had only just started to do so. Data is the biggest single challenge to ESG reporting, with questions related to
collection, collation, analysis and control among the biggest ESG-related data questions. The plethora of competing
standards and frameworks is also a big challenge, with 85% of companies using multiple ESG reporting frameworks.
Finance professionals reported they had a hard time hearing through all the noise and providing relevant, concise ESG
metrics in telling their organization’s ESG story.
Source - https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/accountants-face-challenges-with-esg-reporting
Templates: https://ibm.box.com/s/nsbds2s5v8znpwqzc03p9urykbat38w0
Presentation: https://ibm.box.com/s/vmyitcackqevvm1hcxv7wke6gudrpnce

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Summary
• Canada continues to lag other countries when it comes to attracting FDI.
• Canada lacks a coherent strategy when it comes to advance manufacturing as well as developing its natural resources
in a sustainable way.
• US federal government needs to address issues with both energy and food security
• Various states continue to push the Biden government on energy security
• Two years after COVID19 little strides have been made to build a resilient supply chain both domestically and
internationally
• Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Alabama, and Tennesee continue to key destinations for investment
• Progressive governments continue to push expensive social programs without considering how those programs impact
their fiscal gap and/or mean to their competitiveness!
• Canada lacks a coherent strategy when it comes to advance manufacturing as well as developing
its natural resources in a sustainable way.
• US federal government needs to address issues with both energy and food security
• Various states continue to push the Biden government on energy security
• Two years after COVID19 little strides have been made to build a resilient supply chain both
domestically and internationally
• Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Alabama, and Tennesee continue to key destinations for investment
• Progressive governments continue to push expensive social programs without considering how
those programs impact their fiscal gap and/or mean to their competitiveness!
https://economics.bmo.com/en/publications/detail/06918220-ffde-4fd9-af4f-8c92e6919f3c/
U.S. Durable Goods
Orders Freeze in February.pdf
Durable Goods -
USA.pdf
Blog – Durable Goods and Capital Spending – United States and the World
Here comes the 21st
century’s first big investment wave. Is your capital strategy ready McKinsey.pdf
Alberta will lead
Western Canada's $129B in capital spending this year - Western Investor.pdf
Capital Spending in
Africa's Oil and Gas Industry To Record Impressive Growth In 2022 - African Business.pdf
Canada’s lost LNG
opportunities due to dearth of export facilities Fraser Institute.pdf
CERAWEEK U.S.,
Europe could produce more LNG with regulatory assurances -executives Re
Intel Announces Initial
Investment of Over €33 Billion for R&D and....pdf
Business Council of
British Columbia After years of weak business….pdf
After two years of
Covid-19, what state is FDI in Investment Monitor.pdf
China continues to
post strong FDI flows - The Sovereign Group.pdf
China remains an
attractive destination for foreign direct investment Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide.pdf
Nearshoring in
Colombia Investment Passes $1bn in 2 yrs - Biz Latin Hub.pdf
Industry Calls For
'permanent' Supply Chain Solution In View Of CP Rail