Die umfangreichste Reform des deutschen Bilanzrechts seit Jahrzehnten kommt nur in abgespeckter Version. Union und SPD geben nach heftiger Kritik aus Fachkreisen die Einführung von Fair-Value-Regeln für den Mittelstand auf. Dem bleibt nun einiges erspart.
Global business surveys give
faint ray of hope . The damage from last quarter’s financial market debacle
has spilled over into the new year. Global GDP likely contracted
at a whopping annualized pace of about 5% in
4Q08 and the latest data point to a similar drop in the current
quarter. But a ray of hope was delivered by the January
global business surveys, which suggested that, while output
is still in steep contraction, the downward momentum has
stabilized.J.P.Morgan’s global all-industry PMI, posted a solid 3-
point gain in January. This built on a small increase from
December, lifting the diffusion index 1.6 points above its
4Q average. If the current level holds in February and
March, this would suggest that the pace of decline in output
stabilized this quarter, consistent with our current projection.
If the index continues to move higher, the pace of decline
in global GDP probably would moderate.........