Sentences with phrase «hold debt levels»

Hold debt levels static, and that rate of economic decline would force Italy's debt to GDP ratio to rise to 122 % from 118 % - clearly the wrong direction if the hope is to ease long - term solvency concerns.

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But in recent years, as the Bank of Canada held interest rates to historically low levels and consumer debt skyrocketed, the federal government tightened mortgage restrictions on regulated financial institutions, including HCG.

Holding company liquidity is the total funds available at the holding company level to fund general corporate purposes, primarily the payment of shareholder dividends and debt sHolding company liquidity is the total funds available at the holding company level to fund general corporate purposes, primarily the payment of shareholder dividends and debt sholding company level to fund general corporate purposes, primarily the payment of shareholder dividends and debt service.

Perth - based contractor NRW Holdings has rattled the tin for $ 20 million to reduce its debt levels and place the company in a better position to pursue future opportunities.

An August Trans - Union report revealed that Canadians hold, on average, $ 26,221 in non-mortgage debt, the highest debt levels the credit - rating firm has ever recorded.

«It used to be done automatically without a vote, and that's part of why we have the debt level that we have — Congress could just spend and never be held accountable,» Walden said.

anything that is held as a store of value willingly can not be used to tie down the price level path (except via strong modeling assumption likes the last period exchange of real debt for real goods in the FTPL for example).

«The world spends a lot of time talking about the level of Canadian debt being extremely elevated, but what matters most is not the level of debt that Canadians hold, but the cost of carrying that debt,» the Manulife economist said.

An investor would be well served to ignore the buy, sell or hold recommendation S&P attaches to each of the reports, instead looking at the growth in earnings, debt levels and the return on equity rates for past several years.

Under current law, CBO expects debt held by the public to rise continuously over the next decade from today's post — World War II era record levels.

Beijing can keep growth high enough that unemployment is held to acceptable levels only as long as debt can grow fast enough both to

However, it does allow the government to issue more debt to restore market held debt to its previous level, which would finance HM type expenditures.

CONTACT Ali Ahmad [email protected] (202) 557 - 2727 WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 16, 2015)- The level of commercial / multifamily mortgage debt outstanding increased by $ 40.4 billion in the first quarter of 2015, as all four major investor groups increased their holdings.

Option (e) remains extremely risky given the massive levels of outstanding government debt (and potential for fiscal crisis) and therefore low in probability in our view, but the idea came to the fore in investor consciousness after the BOJ held meetings with former FOMC Chairman Bernanke, credited for applying the idea of «helicopter money» to deflation - fighting in central bank policy.

From the perspective of someone interested in making investments with 20 + year holding periods in mind, you need to be careful of owning banks because of the debt to equity levels involved in the investment, you need to be wary of technology companies because they must constantly be innovating to remain profitable and relevant (unlike, say, Hershey, which could stick with its business model of selling chocolate bars for the next century), and retail stocks which are always subject to the risk of a new low - cost carrier arriving on the block.

Its options include (a) cut marginal rates from -0.1 % to a more negative overnight rate target (b) increase purchases in one or several asset classes from current levels (JPY80trn annual in JGB's; JPY3trn in ETF's; JPY90bn in J - REITS)(c) further lengthen the average maturity of holdings (on average somewhere between 5 and 7 years by our estimates)(d) apply forward guidance with respect to its balance sheet or (e) an extreme derivative of (d)-RRB- espouse a «helicopter drop» strategy, wherein the BOJ offers unlimited monetisation of government debt.

New debt issuance in the months ahead will show whether spreads will hold at current levels or tighten further.

As households have simultaneously increased their debt levels and equity holdings, they are now much more exposed to changes in interest rates and equity prices than has been the case in previous cycles.

Next Wednesday, European finance ministers will hold a conference call to discuss ways to deal with Greece's high debt level.

Nebuchadnezzar's sins, conceived of as debts, have risen to such a level that his creditor, God, is about to demand repayment in the form of punishment: He is calling in the bond he holds over this unfortunate debtor.

4) The PRC holds approximately $ 1 Billion of U.S. federal debt, while also carrying enormous balances at the provincial and municipal level, which it generally services through Hong Kong.

• Unlike in the U.S., underwriting standards for qualifying mortgage borrowers in Canada have been maintained at prudent levels resulting in mortgage borrowers here being much more creditworthy; • Canadian mortgage lenders never offered low initial «teaser» rate mortgages that led to most of the difficulties for mortgage borrowers in the U.S.; • Most mortgages in Canada are held by their original lender, not packaged and sold to third parties as is typical in the U.S., and consequently, Canadian mortgage lenders have a vested interest in ensuring that their mortgage borrowers are creditworthy and not likely to default; • Only 0.3 % of Canadian mortgages are in arrears versus 4.5 % in the U.S. and what even before the start of the U.S. housing meltdown two years ago was 2 %; • Canadians tend to pay down their mortgage faster than in the U.S. where mortgage interest is deductible from taxes, which encourages U.S. homeowners to take equity out of their homes to finance other spending, a difference that is reflected in the fact that in Canada mortgage debt accounts for just over 30 % of the value of homes, compared with 55 % in the U.S.

Given these figures, it is no surprise that the amount of student loan debt in the United States today is considered to be the second highest level of consumer debt behind only mortgages — and most of the student loan debt is held by the Federal government.

On Tuesday, the budget office highlighted findings from 2012 Bank of Canada research that revealed that households headed by an individual aged 31 to 35 years old held the highest levels of debt.

Even as warning signs mounted — the company carried high debt levels and profits were declining — Rogers held on, hoping for a turnaround.

It is estimated that 70 % of the population are carrying a crippling amount of debt and the amount of debt held by citizens has increased to record levels.

Now, as Greenspan mumbles, wondering about how this crisis could have come about, those of us that are more aware (or intellectually honest), look at the increase in total debt levels and say, «It's pretty amazing that the system held together for so long.»

The Committee is maintaining its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage - backed securities in agency mortgage - backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction, and it anticipates doing so until normalization of the level of the federal funds rate is well under way.

Therefore the face of the student loan debt repayment crisis is not just that of a 22 year old holding an entry level job.

«Some segments of the demographic do tend to hold higher debt levels than others,» said Robert A. Dye, chief economist at Comerica Bank.

The new debt raised by WFC and JPM will be primarily at this holding company level, though presumably the bank loans and revolving loan will be fully secured by Heinz's subsidiaries and their assets, while new high - yield notes would be unsecured.

While a lot of people hold out hope for a promotion or a lottery win to save them from their high debt level, there is an easier — and more realistic — way to pay off credit cards when their balance has gotten out of hand.

The FOMC agrees to keep constant the Federal Reserve's holdings of securities at their current level by reinvesting principal payments from agency debt and agency mortgage - backed securities in longer - term Treasury securities.

On a micro level, I homed in on buying even cheaper Irish stocks, with dependable businesses, good management and fortress balance sheets (large cash holdings, with little / no debt).

The consumer credit rating agency says the level at the end of the third quarter was up 7.4 per cent from $ 1.409 trillion a year ago, with non-mortgage debt held by Canadians now standing at an average of $ 20,891.

Pro-Forma I & II: Remember, NTR holds «no debt at the centre», and all project financing is at a subsidiary level & on a non-recourse basis — despite the lack of specific management confirmation, we can safely assume all loans & borrowings are therefore eliminated, post-sale.

According to a recent Globe and Mail article which references Statistics Canada numbers, «the total amount of debt held in households led by people aged 55 to 64 almost quadrupled between 1999 and 2012, while the level for the overall population did little more than double (these are inflation - adjusted numbers).

Because of the increasing level of cash flows necessary to service the debt relative to the economic yield on the assets, it doesn't take much fluctuation to make the most marginal borrowers question whether they can hold onto the assets.

Finally, we have iii) Debt: I'm ignoring IRSA & BrasilAgro debt, as they're held at the subsidiary level (from a Cresud perspective), and is implied anyway in the market valuations of these companDebt: I'm ignoring IRSA & BrasilAgro debt, as they're held at the subsidiary level (from a Cresud perspective), and is implied anyway in the market valuations of these compandebt, as they're held at the subsidiary level (from a Cresud perspective), and is implied anyway in the market valuations of these companies.

NTR has no debt (at the holding company level), there's plenty of publicly reported transactions to quickly & independently benchmark the value of its wind farm assets, and I believe we're in an exceptional environment to achieve a quick sale of those assets.

The key in all of this is that it has a low level of profitability, and while it did not make risky loans in the fashion of Irish, UK or Spanish banks, its funding cost is linked to the price of Italian debt and it holds Italian debt.

It has no holding company debt, and all project financing's at a subsidiary level & on a non-recourse basis.

For the first time, the level of debt held by Canadians had exceeded the country's gross domestic product — up from 98.7 % of GDP in the first quarter of 2016, to 100.5 % of GDP by the end of the second quarter.

For one thing, there is a danger you could eventually stop getting approved for balance transfer credit cards, which could leave you stuck holding debt at a much higher interest rate when the APR on your latest credit card jumps to its regular level.

The Summit on Debt and Education, an open and free series of lecture and performances, was held later that evening in Cooper Union's Great Hall, in the basement level of the building being occupied.

At the trial court level, Viafield requested the Bremer County District Court disregard the LLC's corporate structure and hold the individual defendant, Lindaman, personally liable for the company's debts.

Americans have simply developed, out of necessity, an increased comfort level with holding debt.

Notwithstanding that large debt and notwithstanding the ex wife's allegation that the man had «judgment - proofed his U.S. assets», the appeal court strictly construed the federal legislation and held the attachment to the statutory level of 50 %.

The results of this study reinforce the need for solutions that both reduce education debt levels for future students, and enable current borrowers to make that debt manageable, so they don't have to put the rest of their financial goals on hold.»