US corporations announce record repurchase plans

US companies announced $484bn in share buybacks in the first four months of this year, the highest such total in at least two decades

FT 12 May 2021

https://www.ft.com/content/d7adb226-e9a6-4cd8-9049-35d55c211ca4


The agency problem, originally identified by Adam Smith, whereby agents (executives) managed companies in their own interest rather than that of their principals (shareholders).

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2020/04/wave-of-corporate-defaults-owes-much-to.html


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