Softer growth, slumping job market seen slowing household consumption
Corporate cash flow, liquidity under pressure amid deteriorating fundamentals
Deteriorating economic outlook weighing on credit conditions for North American companies
Tweaking leverage ratio would reduce banks' capital, but boost U.S. Treasury liquidity
Fallout from trade war leads to gloomier outlooks for banks in five markets, along with global fund managers
Some have boosted dividends while also adding provisions for credit losses
AUM in its global wealth management segment rose 9% year over year to $380B
Trade disruptions weighing on the economic outlook, and specific sectors' prospects
Lack of fiscal transparency raises spectre of a rating downgrade
Two-thirds of leveraged debt exposed to negative fallout