The financial crisis and the recession that followed putconsiderable strain on U.S. businesses and elevated the strategicrole of corporate treasuries.

The sluggish economy continues to underscore the strategicnature of treasury activities. Although the economy seems to beslowly picking up steam, cash and cash-flow forecasting remaincritical concerns, according to the senior finance executives whoresponded to Treasury & Risk's 2012 Strategic TreasurySurvey.

Once again this year, the vast majority of respondents attestedto the strategic nature of their job.

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Susan Kelly

Susan Kelly is a business journalist who has written for Treasury & Risk, FierceCFO, Global Finance, Financial Week, Bridge News and The Bond Buyer.