Instead their shares reflect large uncertainties, ranging from a deeper economic slowdown and a collapse in property prices to the possibility that hidden losses may still lurk on their balance-sheets.
The economy no longer needs this highly accommodative policy that we put in place, so it's time to stop asset purchases first and then at the appropriate time start to shrink the balance sheet.
As a result, the government's balance sheet immediately fell into negative territory and did not recover, implying that wealthy individuals and companies did not invest back into the economy.
Then, as her friend tried to explain how the numbers worked on her income statement and balance sheet, she got frustrated because she had never liked math.
Even then, cinemas will have to defer investments, raise prices and close branches to shore up their balance-sheets-just as viewers have more reasons than ever to stay home.
The Fed also unveiled a plan to start reducing its nearly $9trn balance-sheet from June, and accelerate the pace of sales in September, intensifying its battle against inflation.
" Those companies were seen to have jewels in their balance sheets because the Powder River Basin was so profitable, but that's changed in a few short years" .
Likewise, if you associate JPMorgan Chase with a " fortress balance-sheet" , it's probably because Jamie Dimon, the bank's boss, has been saying it for 20 years straight.
In the 1980s the Securities and Exchange Commission required companies to publish balance-sheets and income statements both in nominal terms and adjusted for inflation.