Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 was under way. That strengthened investment banks’ balance sheets by forcing them to scale back and to change the nature of the risks they take. Investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed. Lehman Brothers toppled. Investment banks used to trade using their own capital.

Banking 71

Banking Balance Sheet Financial Finance 71

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Since 2007, gross cross-border capital flows have fallen by 65%, and half of that is due to a sharp reduction in cross-border lending and other banking activities, a new McKinsey Global Institute report finds. According to Dealogic, banks have divested more than $2 trillion in assets since 2007.

Banking 71

Banking Balance Sheet McKinsey Finance 71

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 20, 2016

As a practical matter, for example, these changes in the global policy regime are forcing multinational corporations to scale back and sell parts of their international operations. According to the World Trade Organization, international trade this year will grow at its slowest pace since 2007. at the forefront.

Balance Sheet 70

Balance Sheet Policies Banking Operations 70

MishTalk

JULY 11, 2014

This has been labelled the “second phase of global liquidity”, to differentiate it from the pre-crisis phase, which was largely centred on banks expanding their cross-border operations. This share was higher than during the pre-crisis period from 2005 to mid-2007. Moreover, even the prospects for restoring trend growth are not bright.

Balance Sheet 72

Balance Sheet Financial Banking Policies 72

MishTalk

JANUARY 8, 2014

The projected improvement in economic activity was expected to be supported by highly accommodative monetary policy, diminished fiscal policy restraint, and a pickup in global economic growth, as well as a further easing of credit conditions and continued improvements in household balance sheets.

Policies 68

Policies Balance Sheet Financial Meeting 68

Harvard Business

MARCH 30, 2017

In aggregate, such dynamics would operate in a similar manner as unions, systematically raising the wages for low and middle earners relative to high-earners, such that the wage gaps between them are narrowed, thereby lowering wage inequality. There was also variation in whether these capital investments led to workforce reductions.

Marketing 70

Marketing Balance Sheet System Training 70

MishTalk

MARCH 17, 2014

This model rests on an understanding of how distortions in the savings rates of different countries have driven the great trade and balance-sheet distortions with which we are wrestling today, just as they have in most previous global crises, including those of the 1870s, the 1930s, and the 1970s. Pettis concludes.

Banking 60

Banking Real Estate Productivity Policies 60