When a major company, such as General Electric Co., warns of economic hardships, it’s certainly time for the rest of the American economy to listen. In a discouraging report on Friday, GE posted a 46% drop in their fourth-quarter earnings and warned that they, and many other companies, may be in for a difficult year.
As GE’s Chief Executive Jeff Immelt told analysts on an investor conference all, “The environment in total is very tough.” The quarterly revenues slipped 5% to $46.2 billion.