Quarterly balance sheet data for short-term assets and liabilities are also reported.
Their short-term assets form a much smaller proportion of the total.
The need for short-term, highly liquid assets is low.
One adjustment, estimated at $30 million, involved using market rates to value certain short-term assets and liabilities.
At the same time, their net purchases of short-term assets zoomed to a $152 billion annual rate last winter.
Some institutions, such as building societies, have few if any short-term assets.
Working Capital Cash and short-term assets that can be used for current needs - bills, etc.
For individuals, it's important to remember that cash, by its nature, is a short-term asset.
Right now, HP has more than enough cash and short-term assets for the deal to go ahead.
"We have $180 million of short-term assets and no debt."