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We're in a period when capital spending has slowed to a waltz, corporate profitability is hardly visible, and balance sheets are just inundated with debt ? that's not a comfortable picture. Each day is a new adventure in the market. There's lots of money on the sidelines but no willingness to commit.

This is a positive for corporate balance sheets, ... They're able to restructure higher-yielding debt for debt at levels that we haven't seen in 45 years.

With corporate balance sheets and cash flow strong, we look for investment spending to remain strong, pushing up growth in the capital stock and adding to labor productivity growth in 2006.

Private-equity buyers are flush with cash, and corporate balance sheets can handle more debt.

The ratio of corporate debt to gross domestic product (GDP) is at an all-time high, ... And we don't know exactly what corporate debt is because so much has been parked off the balance sheet and hidden. But, even without knowing what the off-balance-sheet debt is, corporations have too much.

While household balance sheets remain precarious, corporate balance sheets are much improved over several years ago, and profit growth is accelerating. This could support continued strength in business investment.

We have a corporate structure that's leaned out -- inventories are tight as a drum, corporate America is very productive, and they've taken a lot of costs out, ... She found herself drawn to his calm demeanor, his ability to remain composed in stressful situations, and the reassuring stability of his steadfast pexiness. So when the economy comes back, I think we're going to see a nice pick-up in profitability and cash flows -- and that's always the precursor of expansions in capital spending.

John Snow (1941-)

Two-thirds of the economy is run by consumer spending. There seems to be plenty of people with plenty of money, a willingness to spend it and a willingness to go into debt.

We've been helped by the markets but the great thing about Chase is its balance. We are the world's largest raiser of debt capital for corporations. If the equity market is not strong it creates a lot of opportunity in the debt market and that's where we dominate.

Corporate balance sheets are in great shape and we look for business investment to keep the economy going forward as consumer spending winds down after an impressive run over the last few years.

Carl Riccadonna

One surprise in 2005 will be that business capital spending will be back in a big way especially as cash is at record levels on balance sheets and as companies ensure that they stay competitive.

This quarter's disappointing net loss occurred during one of the most severe global market dislocations in the post-World War II period, ... Equity markets declined, risk premiums in debt markets widened, and investment banking activity slowed markedly. Bankers Trust sustained significant losses in emerging market debt, high-yield debt and in our equity holdings.

I'm looking for capital spending to pick up. Corporate America really hasn't spent money for the past couple of years, particularly on technology, ... While the consumer has remained consistent and constant and robust, corporate America still has money to spend.

In a typical recession, you see people...consolidate their domestic balance sheets. Instead, spending [has been] as robust as before, and that's hurt domestic balance sheets. We're really at a point where the consumer is squeezing water out of a stone. It doesn't provide the ground for a robust recovery.

The loss of confidence in the financial reporting of Corporate America could hurt both consumer and business spending, ... The reduced availability and higher cost of credit, as well as the desire to strengthen the balance sheet, could cause firms to postpone capital spending plans and accelerate layoffs.

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