Introducing the Problem As noted within the Division of Supervision Manual of Examination Policies, lending errors frequently result because of management's failure to obtain and properly evaluate credit information (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation). ... With or without a software program, officers analysis of financial and operating statements will require assessing for such risks as the following: inadequate or declining working capital position; excessive volume or negative trend in receivables; unfavorable level or negative trend in inventory; increased aging of receivables, ...

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Relative economic performance was beginning to deteriorate. but a strong gold price shielded policy makers from this reality. ... It is Reserve Bank policy to allow the trade-weighted Rand to depreciate by the inflation differential between South Africa and its major trading partners (currently about 8 percent). ... The longer-term policy objective is to bring South Africa's inflation rate down to the same level as that of its trading partners. Since 1989 good progress has been made in combating inflation through restrictive monetary policies. ... This was due to the natural modernisa...

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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM levitt (1983) in discussing the globalisation of markets state that "We live in a rapid globalising world and certain national identifiers like taste, technology, market and finance are no longer constrained by national boundaries. They operate on a global basis. The defining features of globalisation are the interdependence and connectedness of the economics, politics and culture of nations and not uniformity of markets and taste of a single country...

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