By some estimates, because of asset-price declines, the defined-benefit pension plans of U.S. firms swung from being about $ billion overfunded to being $ billion to $ billion underfunded between 2000 and 2002, necessitating  3  Measured on a National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA) basis. The NIPA series provides the most comprehensive measure of profits for U.S. corporations.
The National Bank of Serbia – NBS – was relatively well prepared for the initial effects of the crisis.