A profitable company can still be short of cash
Reading an income statement alongside cash flows helps separate earnings from money available to spend.
Explainer · September 6, 2026Explore the edition
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What a warehouse balance can reveal about a business model
Inventory connects the balance sheet to production, sales and the timing of cash recovery.
Explainer · September 6, 2026Why industrial value added is not the same as factory sales
Production chains can generate many invoices without creating that much additional economic output.
Explainer · September 6, 2026The footnotes that change a trade comparison
Currency, valuation and reference years matter before China’s trade figures are set beside another economy’s.
Explainer · September 6, 2026