A balance sheet is a record of your assets and liabilities and the value of your shareholders' stock. Shareholders are people who invest in your business. Your total assets must equal the sum of your ...

None of this is to deny that a large central bank balance sheet carries costs. It facilitates government financing in ways that risk fiscal dominance and distorts the functioning of financial markets.

The amount your business spends on insurance will affect the numbers on your balance sheet, but your balance sheet will not include a specific line or category for insurance expense, or any other ...

Warsh’s resolve has strengthened since and he has regularly cited QE as the defining feature of his critique of the Fed, its ...

Back in ye olde days (pre-2008 in the United States), central bankers had not gone nuts with QE and so reserve balances were ...

The household balance sheet accounts for current and future assets and cash flows, so that you can judge whether your current assets are sufficient to meet future expected spending. You get one chance ...

If you're interested in investing, you've probably read quite a few articles that say "do your homework" before buying a stock. Reading and understanding a balance sheet is part of that homework.

Many people have trouble keeping their checkbooks balanced. Now that debit cards have made it easy to have money electronically transferred out of your bank account without even having to write a ...