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Whither Real Interest Rates for the next 30 Years?

Andrew White

China joined the WTO in 2001 lowering, at a stroke, global wages. It has been declining or flat for 20-30 years, depending on what metrics you use. The IMF blog then also states: “Higher fiscal financing needs have pushed up real rates in some countries, like in Japan and Brazil.” ” This I get.

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Common Problems With CPM Software

Jet Global

Rather, it represents the management framework put in place by corporate leadership to monitor and respond to important metrics. Once isolated within the finance department, CPM is now broadly employed in the form of reporting departmental metrics measured against targets. Budgeting, planning, and forecasting in finance.

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Agile Reporting for the Manufacturing Industry: 5 Tips for Success

Jet Global

A relatively new concept called “agile finance”—along with its key ingredient “agile reporting”—is empowering businesses to make that shift. In 2001, a group of software developers got together at a ski resort in the Wasatch mountains of Utah and drew up a document they called the “Agile Manifesto.” Agile Reporting: Speed with Control.