Sun 22 Jan 2020
Corporations Slash Dividends, Boost Buybacks: Q3 2005
American corporations reduced the amount paid shareholders as dividends, on a annual basis, to the lowest level in nine years. (Federal Reserve Flow of Funds Accounts, Q3 2005, Table 102). Although after-tax profits were 56% higher than last year, annual dividend payouts as of Q3 2005 were only 58% of amounts paid as dividends in 2004. At […]