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Why Including Government Procurement In Your Sales & Marketing Strategy Will Catapult Your Business To The Next Level

Strategy Driven

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) — with manufacturing second at 12% of GDP. Most agencies have very high credit ratings, and companies can even get advanced payments from financial institutions on the future payments of government contracts (if necessary). Unlike private companies, government agencies always pay.

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Why We Build Fiscal Cliffs

Harvard Business Review

The then-sainted Alan Greenspan had given them ample cover, by expressing concerns that surpluses might eventually kill the bond market. credit rating but no observable increase in interest rates. real estate market showing signs of recovery, this is probably a better time to talk fiscal restraint than two years ago.