Economy

Sure there are problems, but not if you stay on top of the risks

As financial execs write their resolutions for 2008, they might want to consider the wisdom offered Treasury & Risk readers by three economists: M. Cary Leahey, Milton Ezrati and John Lonski

EXECS AREN'T FACING 2008 WITH A SMILE

Corporate tax rates have been creeping up, but so have tax breaks. So which to change—rates or preferences?

Market consolidation from Dubai to Denmark may mean more liquidity and less volatility

Martin Mannion of Summit partners talks about the potential role for private equity as outside advisors with skin in the game

Three Wall Street economists wax poetic on what the next 12 months could mean for the U.S. economy—and it’s not all good

Three prominent economists share their outlooks on the factors that will shape the course of the U.S. economy in 2007

LOSING STEAM OR CATCHING BREATH?

THE DEFICIT LOOMS LARGE

Companies are sitting on huge piles of cash, but with oil prices at new highs and labor costs beginning to spiral again, they may not be sitting so pretty for long

THE SQUEEZE IS ON: WILL IT BE ENOUGH TO TANK PROFITS?

Executives urge Bush to cut the deficit first