No matter how profitable a business, if it can't pay its bills as they come due, it's going to run into trouble. Therefore, the liquidity of a company -- how easily it can meet its upcoming ...

The amount of cash a company has on hand or can generate quickly reveals how healthy the company is financially. High levels of available cash indicate that the business can pay off debt easily when ...

Discover the key financial metrics investors use, like the quick ratio, ROA, and debt-to-capitalization, to evaluate the ...

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy tracking liquidity as much as the next macro guy, and I do think it is a very important factor. But what is liquidity exactly? In this macro context, liquidity can be ...

Central banks support markets or institutions because doing so will help them meet their mandate with regard to the maintenance of price and financial stability. During crises, central banks expand ...

Following the global financial crisis that began in 2007–08, policy- makers have multiplied their efforts and implemented reforms to strengthen the resilience of the financial sector. But – while ...

In our last article, QE Is Coming, we focused on why the capital and financial markets have become so dependent on the Fed for liquidity. The article explains that, in the aftermath of the crisis, a ...