Marko Simoneti and Božo Jašovič
Indebtedness of companies (non-financial corporations) is one of the main reasons for stagnation of lending activity of the banks. Slovene companies are one of the most indebted in the Eurozone, taking into account the leverage ratio. At the end of 2011, the ratio deteriorated for Slovene companies despite the deleveraging and reached 143 per cent of equity capital. This information proves that over-indebtedness of companies in the years before the crisis, when standards of indebtedness and investment criteria were loose, is not the only issue; there is also reduction of companies’ capital due to unfavourable market situation and poor operating results. To reach a more stable level of leverage ratio (ca. 100 per cent), Slovene companies would need to decrease the debt by over EUR 5 billion and, at the same time, increase the equity by the same amount. * Nadaljujte z branjem
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