Posts Tagged ‘financial assets’
There will be no deflation in Japan in the world …
February 12th, 2010
Clearly, Japan has experienced the 1990s a true phenomenon of deflation, as economic theory teaches us. Since 1988, the Nikkei (stock index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange) has continued to depreciate when the U.S. or European indices have been multiplied by 4 (including the crisis). It is the same property prices have stagnated for 20 years when they were again multiplied by 4 in the UK and 3 in the Eurozone and the United States. (more...)Tags: as economic, carry trade, financial assets, global growth, stock exchange
The economic recovery is confirmed
February 11th, 2010
Two statements are particularly noteworthy this week. The first results from an article by Olivier Blanchard, chief economist at the IMF published in the September of the journal "Finance and Development." He said the economic recovery has begun "global, but the recovery will not be easy."
The second emanates from the President of the Central American Bank, Ben Bernanke. He said last Friday that the United States had "avoided the worst and has relied on an economic recovery in the short term but it will be slow to restart. (more...)Tags: chief economist, financial assets, financial crisis, for business, weak currencies
NY: The U.S. companies rely on their cash reserves.
February 7th, 2010
Affected by the global credit crisis, U.S. companies are still determined to keep more money in the form of cash, even after the economy shows signs of improvement.
In the second quarter of the 500 largest companies in the United States were from non-financial assets of approximately $ 994 billion in cash and short-term investments – ie 9.8% of total assets according to an analysis of the Wall Street Journal. A year earlier, the number stood at $ 846 billion (7.9%). Read the rest of this entry »
