Alternatively, the Fed could leave the monetary base alone, and allow prices to restore the balance between base money and nominal GDP.
Quite frankly, while the stock has not performed all that well for the last dozen years, it actually has been building a very strong fundamental base in its balance sheet to sustain itself into the future.
On the other hand, if the economy recovers sufficiently fast and the banking system is quickly recapitalised, the demand for base money would on balance increase.
"Over the past several years, we have rebuilt Citi's capital base and strengthened our balance sheet as well as shed assets and businesses not core to our strategy, " said Michael Corbat, Citi's CEO since October.
Part of the reason is that a strong capital base and a liquid balance sheet--HSBC has one of the strongest Tier 1 ratios out of the big banks--is something the company has never parted from, Green says.
But it has a strong balance sheet and diversified product base: 60% of profits come from assembling integrated chips.
It might have been the perfect slogan, given the obvious conditions: They had been a bankrupt team and were trying to regain balance and increase a fan base in the most contradictory sports condition: playing hockey in the desert.
Taking this as a base prediction, monthly vehicle sales for the balance of this year should be a good indicator as to trends in the overall Chinese economy.
Instead, policymakers continue to replace old debt with new debt, shift it from the private to the public sector, and increase the amount of base money in the system to fill the gaps in both bank and government balance sheets.
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Because her base is in France, and "will ever be, " Cotillard manages to balance Hollywood blockbusters with quieter French films, like the forthcoming Rust and Bone, directed by Jacques Audiard ("he sculpts life in the shape of movies") and Little White Lies, helmed by Canet.
Most analysts are forecasting, on balance, a quarter-point rise to 6.25% on Thursday, although base rate is not expected to rise beyond 6.5% before beginning to fall back.
But even the positive numbers ignore the fact that Enron was at the same time dramatically increasing its asset base through mergers and by issuing debt (not even considering unreported debt owed by the off-balance-sheet partnerships).
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