According to a report from Federal Reserve, total corporate cash stored at the end of last year declined nearly $500 billion. And more importantly, American companies’ liquid assets rose almost every quarter after the recession ended, reaching a record $2.23 trillion at the end of 2011.
But those “cash kings”, Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp, Google Inc, Cisco Systems and Pfizer Inc had stored more cash by the end of 2011, aggregating $276 billion, up from $207 billion in 2010.
But the overall report shows that companies are more confident of the economy and more willing to spend their cash. Also, after-tax profits rose 8.5% last year to 1.58 trillion dollars.
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