At the end of 2008, Verband Deutscher Treasurer commissioned a survey to examine the functions of a corporate treasury. We discuss the results.
John Maynard Keynes. Who was 'John Maynard Keynes'. John Maynard Keynes was a 19th-century British philosopher and economist who spent his working years with the East India Company and is known as the father of Keynesian economics.
As the interest rate rises, Keynes argues that consumer spending and investment will also fall. For these reasons, Keynes opposed a laissez-faire approach to regulating the macro-economy, and supported federal stimulus in times of recession.