…corporate debt of nonfinancial firms in many emerging market economies, particularly bonds denominated in dollars, grew rapidly during this period. The IMF in its latest Global Financial Stability Report has…

…goods? Is this trend health? Unhealthy? In 1971 Lewis Powell, a corporate lawyer and member of eleven corporate boards, wrote a memo to the Director of the U.S. Chamber of…

…was around 270,000 in 1980 GDI was around 430,000 in 1989. GDI was around 520,000 in 2007. GDI is around 540,000 now. Corporate profits peaked around 4,000 in 1980. Corporate…

…title in the digital edition is different from the print title: Why Corporate Tax Cuts Won’t Create Jobs). He is right. The tax cuts proposed in the framework set out…

…they like, they cannot “repatriate” them tax-free to invest domestically or to pay dividends to their shareholders (instead, they invest them in financial markets). … Would not the lower corporate…

…St. Louis FRED unless otherwise linked. Interest rates and credit spreads BAA corporate bond index 4.79% down -.05% w/w (1 yr range: 4.15 – 4.94) 10 year treasury bonds 2.82%…

…op-ed, “Limit Corporate Stock Buybacks,” has thrown internet gasoline on the buyback debate. The left is waving the flag, and the right is trying to tear it down. The core…

(Dan here….written last year, still relevent) By Steve Roth  (originally published at Evonomics) Bernie Sanders and Chuck Schumer’s New York Times op-ed, “Limit Corporate Stock Buybacks,” has thrown internet gasoline on the buyback debate….

…we have instead a complete disregard for the environment, a view that harks back to the times when rich owners of factories, mines, or corporate farms exploited and polluted land,…

The Senate economic rescue package contains $500 billion for bailouts of large corporations. Much commentary has focused on the lack of accountability, but the bigger issue is simply the massive…