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The “raison d’être” of treasury finds a wonderful example with the current health crisis.

Simply Treasury

Treasury, a major discipline in finance. Who could argue that treasury is not one of the major disciplines of finance? When business is more strained, working capital requirements and needs higher, treasury is the necessary lifeline. This health crisis will have serious economic consequences. The Treasurer, the Forgotten.

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The “raison d’être” of treasury finds a wonderful example with the current health crisis.

Simply Treasury

Treasury, a major discipline in finance. Who could argue that treasury is not one of the major disciplines of finance? When business is more strained, working capital requirements and needs higher, treasury is the necessary lifeline. This health crisis will have serious economic consequences. The Treasurer, the Forgotten.

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What the National Debt Means to You

CFO News Room

The majority of the national debt is issued in the form of government bonds, known as Treasuries. Some worry that excessive government debt levels can impact economic stability with ramifications for the strength of the currency in trade, economic growth, and unemployment. seen debt levels trend down in a material manner.

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Washington Attempts to Bully India into Cutting Ties with Russia

CFO News Room

The G-7 plans are likely to send oil prices higher (despite US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claiming the opposite ) and reduce tanker availability, both of which will threaten India’s energy security and hurt its economy as India is the third-largest consumer and importer of oil worldwide.

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Coronavirus Triggers Job Losses, Reduced Hours

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The unemployment rate hinges on an economic stimulus bill getting passed, U.S. Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin said. The labor union Unite Here said on Wednesday (March 18) that it is forecasting 80-90 percent job losses in some industries it handles — food service, airports, gaming, transportation, manufacturing and textiles.

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Durable Good Orders Decline The Most In 15 Months

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declined the most in 15 months in October as demand for transportation equipment suffered a sharp decline, the Financial Times reported. Excluding the transport category, orders were up 0.1 remains upbeat about the economic prospects for the U.S. Orders for durable goods in the U.S. Citing the U.S. declined 4.4

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Cyberattacks, Google Crash Bring Internet Security Into Question

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At a time when our nation’s secrets at the NSA and Homeland Security and assets at the Department of the Treasury were able to be illicitly tapped into by foreign hackers, the security and reliability of countless other online industries and enterprises have also been brought into question.