Companies to the rescue? Assessing whether the corporate sector will offset the consumer slowdown (Q4 05)

With consumers and the government no longer able to bear the burden of driving forward economic growth, it is the corporate sector that will come under the spotlight over the next year or two. Firms are able to affect economic growth via their decisions regarding fixed investment, inventories and employment.

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