I’m gonna analyze the financial standings for the years before and after the crisis!
1981: http://global.factiva.com.remote.baruch.cuny.edu/aa/?ref=ftft000020011206de1q00mxk&pp=1&fcpil=en&napc=S&sa_from=
http://global.factiva.com.remote.baruch.cuny.edu/aa/?ref=ftft000020011206dd8f01azx&pp=1&fcpil=en&napc=S&sa_from=
1982: http://global.factiva.com.remote.baruch.cuny.edu/aa/?ref=ftft000020011206df1q005fc&pp=1&fcpil=en&napc=S&sa_from=
reason: http://global.factiva.com.remote.baruch.cuny.edu/aa/?ref=ftft000020011206debj012iq&pp=1&fcpil=en&napc=S&sa_from=
1983: http://global.factiva.com.remote.baruch.cuny.edu/aa/?ref=ftft000020011205dg2g00urp&pp=1&fcpil=en&napc=S&sa_from=
1984: http://global.factiva.com.remote.baruch.cuny.edu/aa/?ref=pr00000020011205dh2n002u9&pp=1&fcpil=en&napc=S&sa_from=
*Accident happened end of 1984 and S&P lowered their credit rating because of outstanding loans*
http://global.factiva.com.remote.baruch.cuny.edu/aa/?ref=FTFT000020070505dh190475k&pp=1&fcpil=en&napc=S&sa_from=
1985: http://global.factiva.com.remote.baruch.cuny.edu/aa/?ref=plrwbm0020011204di4a00810&pp=1&fcpil=en&napc=S&sa_from=
1986: many many debts and sells off many assets
http://global.factiva.com.remote.baruch.cuny.edu/aa/?ref=tmsc000020011207di4803aqx&pp=1&fcpil=en&napc=S&sa_from=
http://global.factiva.com.remote.baruch.cuny.edu/aa/?ref=chiabc0020011204di5l0079u&pp=1&fcpil=en&napc=S&sa_from=
Earnings: http://global.factiva.com.remote.baruch.cuny.edu/aa/?ref=ftft000020011204dj1t009b3&pp=1&fcpil=en&napc=S&sa_from=
1987: http://global.factiva.com.remote.baruch.cuny.edu/aa/?ref=FTFT000020070428dk1r00qdy&pp=1&fcpil=en&napc=S&sa_from=
1988: http://global.factiva.com.remote.baruch.cuny.edu/aa/?ref=ftft000020011129dl1o00fnw&pp=1&fcpil=en&napc=S&sa_from=
From 1981 to 1984, earnings per share rose steadily and Union Carbide is in good financial standings according to their annual reports. By 1985, the company’s market value dropped by 2/3 to less than $3 billion. Union Carbide’s debt stood at 63% of capital, and its equity was cut to a quarter of its former value. Income rose to 78% in 1987 to $232 million, but high debt service made it hard for the company to develop and introduce new products. In 1988, Union Carbide reduced its debt by more than $400 million and increase equity by almost $600 million.
I don’t know if this is along the line of what you are analyzing, but you may be able to see if there is either a positive or inverse correlation between the public and private sector. These two variables pretty much make and control all economic activity (omitting consumption). Determine whether an increase in Government expenditures (financed by taxes or borrowing), has any effect on the private sector during the years you are researching. Automatic stabilizers – one of the tools of the government- may be a LEADING indicator for things to come (such as an increase in unemployment, or a shift in the business cycle). On the other hand, if the private sector decreases investment activity, this may also be a LEADING indicator for things to come. By comparing this aggregate data, it may help you see if there is a positive or negative correlation between both sectors, hence supplying you with several answers to some of the issues plaguing the economy and the universe of finance.
Great data, Racheal.