Net cash flow is generally defined as the profits of a business plus non-cash expenses, but it is not a term recognized by generally accepted accounting principles.
We note low inventories, low real interest rates, rational consumer resilience, high levels of bank cash (since the write-downs are generally non-cash accounting entries), small business flexibility and reasonable output gains apart from housing, autos and finance.
Our management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance and liquidity by excluding certain expenses and expenditures that may not be indicative of our "recurring core business operating results, " meaning our operating performance excluding not only non-cash charges, such as SBC, but also discrete cash charges that are infrequent in nature.