Impact on Business Valuations Tariffs have long served as a tool for national governments to protect domestic industries, correct trade imbalances, or as leverage in international negotiations. This article explores the cascading impacts of recent U.S. tariffs and reciprocal trade barriers on U.S. goods and services. Tariffs have long served as a tool for national governments to protect domestic industries, correct trade imbalances, or as leverage in international negotiations. The United States, as the world’s largest economy, holds a central role in shaping global trade norms. In recent years, particularly following the 2016 presidential election, the U.S. adopted a more…
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Forensic engagements that involve determining lost profits or other economic damages often require a “time series” of economic and market data. When the lost profits or other economic damages engagement involves comparing international companies, multi-country economic data, and international market data, the challenges in locating meaningful data become especially difficult. In this article, the authors share how a time series analysis was used in an engagement, resulting from a breach of a franchise in a European Union (EU) country. To perform the time series analysis, the authors needed to gather multi-country economic data to determine the alleged lost profits and/or…
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U.S. Middle Market Leaders Express Preferences re: Spending, Debt, and Fiscal Cliff The National Center for the Middle Market (NCMM) recently (early December 2012) conducted a survey of 1,000 U.S. middle market business leaders across all industry sectors and geographic regions to gauge their preferences for the outcome of the negotiations. Here’s what they found: