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Recession
Poor reception to President Obama’s fiscal package and steps to revive the banking system will heighten global risks, while embarrassing withdrawals of senior appointments raise questions over his judgement.
23 Feb 2009
Quantitative easing may be a reality for the UK, but it remains a difficult and potentially dangerous science.
23 Feb 2009
We will still need a new set of drivers for the economic landscape that emerges from recession
26 Jan 2009
Recession-fighting tactics will curtail business investment in climate risk management at a time when it’s needed most.
23 Dec 2008
New CFO will have to muck in to stop company’s profits going down the drain
22 Dec 2008
Instead of slashing headcount to gain short-term savings, look for waste hidden in your IT systems
22 Dec 2008
The PBR borrowed answers from the past but with swifter action, they may be more effective than before
22 Dec 2008
In our annual litmus test of opinion on the challenges of the coming year, five FDs we interviewed in 2008 predict a rough ride ahead. And unless we go back to basics, there will be many more casualties on the way.
21 Dec 2008
This year is the centenary of the birth of the great economist John Kenneth Galbraith…
25 Nov 2008
After completing a six-month bedding-in period as acting group finance director, Tim Tookey has been confirmed to stay with Lloyds TSB as FD permanently and will prove crucial to the integration of HBOS into its business model.
24 Nov 2008
Companies desperate to get cash in the door amid recession should examine what trade secrets or registered rights they have that could prove valuable in a sale or license deal, a report has suggested.
24 Nov 2008
The collapse of Lehmans brings a new danger to pension funds: the risk that counterparties in swap deals could go under overnight. Is there a safe way to do liability-driven investment?
24 Nov 2008
We’re about to pay for a credit binge with a painful recessional purge – by spending our way out of it
24 Nov 2008
After a tumultuous year in the markets and the economy, recession looms almost everywhere. What’s left to go wrong in 2009?
24 Nov 2008
The Bank of England’s latest interest rate cut - the largest in half a century - will be passed on to customers only when Libor follows suit, say the banks. And that will take time
24 Nov 2008
Keynesianism is popular once again as governments desperately search for a way to arrest the recession. The calls for an old-style fiscal policy boost to the economy may prove irresistable but ultimately dangerous
24 Nov 2008
Those companies not facing insolvency should use going concern to test their recession-busting abilities
23 Nov 2008
Western Europe companies will lead a trend towards undertaking major restructuring processes of their business due to the current economic outlook for the region, but many will not start this process until as late as autumn 2009.
27 Oct 2008
It is difficult to be optimistic about a speedy economic recovery. The recession will hit hard, but we will probably avoid a major depression
27 Oct 2008
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