Sentences with phrase «as bad debt as»

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As a licensed insolvency trustee firm, our practice is on the front lines of Canada's household debt binge and the bad personal finance habits that ensnare so many people.

The banking system has been weak for years as most institutions have failed to deal with the high level of bad debt in the wake of the financial crisis.

And while business travel in Western Europe has been on the slower side, as Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece have struggled with crippling debt, the GBTA says the worst is over and expects business travel in those regions to begin picking up.

India, Brazil and China all expressed misgivings about the original bailout in 2010 and - on the basis of the debt sustainability analysis - will see the latest plan as throwing good money after bad.

United States lawmakers will probably prevent the worst from happening — as they did in the debt - ceiling crisis — but nothing is likely to occur before November.

As a couple, we are now living debt - free, only using credit cards for emergencies and paying them off in full, and I'm continuing to identify and break bad financial habits.

The geopolitical risks that have been swirling around the globe this year are as bad, or worse, than the prospect of Greece defaulting on its debt, and yet, the European debt crisis regularly pummelled markets.

Moody's rates the debt of 19 retailers, or 13.5 % of the retailers it covers, as «speculative, of poor standing and subject to very high credit risk» or worse.

As Valeant's problems got worse, leading to the ouster of its CEO and an aggressive turnaround plan that called for divesting assets to pay down debt, Addyi languished.

A DTI ratio of 50 % or higher is a bad sign to lenders, as it means you may have trouble paying back your debts (and thus may default on the unsecured loan you're applying for).

As you can see, although Alberta was the worst offender in terms of the discrepancy between how big the government predicted the deficit was going to be in fiscal 2013 ($ 882 million) and how big it expects it to be now ($ 3.9 billion), it is still the only province without net debt (that is the accumulated total of annual deficits, which, in turn, result from the government spending more than it generates in revenues every year).

It is so much easier to say, as the Conservatives do, that all deficits and debt are bad, than to argue that this is not the case.

Bad loans as a share of their total portfolio remains low, at less than 2.5 percent, but economists believe the figure understates the problem because banks often extend the payment dates for problem debt.

As if dealing with your student loan debt wasn't bad enough, all the confusing rules and terms around repayment just add insult to injury.

As always, once the consumption binge is over and the bad investments are made, the debt incurred to finance them still remains to be repaid.

Mr. Oliver, as does the Prime Minister, views all deficits as bad and all debt as bad.

China's debt accumulation is «slower than before, but if you use the West as a benchmark, it's still pretty bad,» said Zhu Ning, a Tsinghua University economist.

China's biggest lenders are in the midst of a revival, posting faster profit growth and generally healthier net interest margins after years of rising bad debt as economic growth slowed down.

The key point is that we can not simply put the bad debt behind us once the economy is «reformed» and project growth as if nothing happened.

Insolvent homeowners in Europe face a lifetime of literal debt peonage to make the banks (even foreign banks, which dominate Central Europe's post-Soviet economies) whole on their bad debts as the continent's real estate prices are plunging even more steeply than those in the United States — some 70 percent in Iceland and Latvia.

This forces peripheral Europe into both rising debt and high unemployment, and it is only because Europe as a whole has forced the problem of weak German demand onto the rest of the world that conditions in Europe are not even worse.

It is important to understand how debt payments are managed in order to recognize that whether or not China's debt burden is socialized has very little to do with the resolution of China's debt burden (aside from the fact that it never was «off» the government balance sheet in any meaningful way), just as analysts must recognize that an unsustainable increase in debt is embedded into China's current growth model, and is not an accidental bit of bad luck.

The total amount of development finance or rail exports it can provide, however, is tiny compared to domestic demand requirements, and if the recipients find themselves unable to repay the debt, as history suggests could easily be the case, this becomes a worse alternative to misallocating investment at home.

The result for the six months to March 31 was slightly ahead of consensus forecasts, on the back of a lower charge for bad debts, as credit conditions remained highly favourable.

Debt problems are going to continue to emerge in 2013, but as long as each new manifestation of excessively rising debt is treated as a specific and localized problem that can be resolved with specific polices, overall balance sheets will continue to get woDebt problems are going to continue to emerge in 2013, but as long as each new manifestation of excessively rising debt is treated as a specific and localized problem that can be resolved with specific polices, overall balance sheets will continue to get wodebt is treated as a specific and localized problem that can be resolved with specific polices, overall balance sheets will continue to get worse.

HPFS gross margin decreased for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2011 due primarily to lower portfolio margins from a higher mix of operating leases and higher transaction taxes, the effect of which was partially offset by higher margins on lease extensions and lower bad debt expense as a percentage of revenue.

Assuming that the total amount of bad debt in the banking system exceeds total bank capital — something which is almost certainly true — the conversion of debt which can not be serviced into an equity position that is unlikely to generate much more (and in an economic downturn, which is when we are most concerned about the debt burden, we can assume that the decline in value of these equity positions will be highly correlated) leaves the net indebtedness of the banking system unchanged, and so the contingent liabilities of the government are unchanged even as reported debt in the system declines.

Because the amount of bad debt in each period is almost certainly a growing number, it must follow logically that the GDP growth number observers really want, rather than the one they have — that is, GDP growth as a systems output that can serve as a proxy for debt - servicing capacity — is a declining number, and perhaps even a quickly declining number.

Wage arrears are getting worse, because as Ukraine approaches the eve of defaulting on its $ 10 + billion London debt, kleptocrats and business owners are jumping ship.

The decrease in gross margin was the result of lower portfolio margins from a higher mix of operating leases and higher transaction taxes, partially offset by higher margins on lease extensions and lower bad debt expense as a percentage of revenue.

As much as paying off debt is important, if you won't be able to pay off all your debt, you can use the deductibility you have from some to save on taxes and create an income to pay off the high - interest or bad debAs much as paying off debt is important, if you won't be able to pay off all your debt, you can use the deductibility you have from some to save on taxes and create an income to pay off the high - interest or bad debas paying off debt is important, if you won't be able to pay off all your debt, you can use the deductibility you have from some to save on taxes and create an income to pay off the high - interest or bad debt.

The New Bank Disaster Olafur Arnarson, Michael Hudson and Gunnar Tomasson * The problem of bank loans gone bad, especially those with government - guarantees such as U.S. student loans and Fannie Mae mortgages, has thrown into question just what should be a «fair value» for these debt obligations.

Making matters worse is the government's management of the crisis; over the past year, it has persisted in upholding its debt payments, but has now hit a brick wall as its foreign reserves have dwindled to US$ 9 billion.

Merging all your debts into your mortgage loan can be both good and bad as a solution for debt consolidation.

The Bundesbank, the most hawkish of central banks, has signalled it would accept higher inflation in Germany as part of an economic rebalancing in the eurozone that would boost the international competitiveness of countries worst - hit by the region's debt crisis.

That might be due to concerns about Southwestern's financial struggles over the past several years as the result of its decision to finance a major acquisition with debt, or it could simply be bad timing amid falling oil prices.

The conventional wisdom is to pay off debt as quickly as possible and that all debt is bad.

acting as a safety net, protecting businesses from defaulting customers and the bad debts which would otherwise arise when a customer is unable to pay;

Since the summer, Japan has been suffering from a bond tantrum as its sovereign debt has had its worst rout in a decade.

The accounting allowed for a long time a lender to use as his bad debt provision his previous historical loss rate.

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Financial planner Benjamin S. Offit, partner with Clear Path Advisory in Pikesville, Maryland, said it is ideal for retirees to have all debt paid off by retirement, but especially «bad debt» such as high interest credit cards.

The fear: If the long economic expansion takes a turn for the worse, investors could jettison the debt of more leveraged borrowers such as triple - B issuers.

At worst, CBO finds the cost of a tax cut would increase as higher debt slowed economic growth.

But as bad as that is, that's still not our debt.

To make things worse, Canada's economy has been hit hard by falling oil prices, and investors remain wary of a Canadian housing market that has shown signs of becoming a bubble, as well as rising consumer debt rates.

Most people think of debt as bad, more debt's worse, too much debt should go to hell, and too much debt and you do go to hell.

However, Tennessee, like most states in the country, was badly hit by the nation's most recent economic woes, and residents are carrying far more debt than they would like as a result.

This is known as bad debt and while LendingCrowd has a recovery system in place, you may not receive back all the money you invested.

By spreading your investments across as many businesses as possible on the Loan Market, throughout a range of Credit Bands, you'll reduce the impact of bad debt if a business can't repay its loan.