Ukraine

Rising prices, higher borrowing cost, stock market volatility and other headwinds have slowed deal-making this year. CFOs considering M&A would do well to consider lessons from more than two decades of transactions, according to authors of a recently published book.

The business outlook has grown hazier amid Federal Reserve plans to reduce stimulus, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and doubts about the stability of supply chains tied to China.

As rates and other indices rise, investors hold out for higher yields, making it hard for companies to get pricing that makes sense for them.