Sentences with phrase «at the default rate»

The province will ultimately require all employers with five or more employees to auto - enrol their workers and deduct contributions at a default rate of 4 % of earnings.

Or perhaps you were automatically signed up for your 401 (k) at a default rate of 3 % to 6 % and you never increased it.

We then looked at the default rate of these districts.

Since students can get loans for almost any school, looking at default rates is a great indicator of the potential for future financial success or failure.

Think of it, you look at the last three to five years of rising house prices, exclude the 5 % «unusual» events, and look at default rates and losses given de - faults.

Until such time as the default is cured and in substitution for any other rate of interest specified in this Agreement, charge interest at the default rate of 18 % per annum on the debit balance of all Margin Accounts which you maintain and debit such accounts from time to time for such interest (provided, however, that in no event do we intend to charge a rate of interest in excess of the maximum rate permitted by applicable law).

The other problem is that the funds collected from consumers served by utilities and alternative energy suppliers are maintained in separate accounts, and the agency can't spend funds from alternative suppliers unless it is simultaneously acquiring renewable energy for customers who still buy energy at the default rate from utilities.

Not exact matches

The biggest risk to Canadian investors may not be the default rate at all, but rather currency moves.

Ian Sexsmith, portfolio manager at Parnassus Investments, says banks» prices don't reflect the potential impact of more consumer lending and lower default rates in a strong economy — a mismatch that's creating some enticing bargains.

Still, ETF buyers are willing to take a shot at the market, believing that in addition to the Fed staying dovish with rates the default level will remain low.

Not only isn't there anywhere near enough bank capital in the US to supplant securitization, it is difficult to conceive that the universe of «rates» buyers will become mortgage credit buyers or move over to covered bonds (which default to the issuing bank's credit ratings), at least not at the same price levels and in the same size.

Standard and Poor's, which downgraded the U.S. to AA + in 2011, has kept its U.S. outlook at «stable,» but has said it will lower the rating to «selective default,» or SD, if the Treasury misses any debt payment.

A total of $ 180 billion of debt is at default risk, according to Standards & Poor's rating services.

That rate exceeds the default rate on U.S. mortgages at the peak of the housing crisis, the Journal notes.

Fitch Ratings has today affirmed Woodside Petroleum Ltd's long - term issuer default rating as stable, with its senior unsecured rating at BBB +.

And default rates are at 15 - year lows.

Low oil prices are leaving many oil and gas companies with difficult debt loads, causing them to default at an extraordinary rate.

Rating agency Moody's said in a note on Friday that it would define a non-payment at GDB as a default «regardless of [a debt] moratorium law's provisions.»

«If you were to look at the possibility of increased defaults, you'd have to see something to precipitate that, something that we're not seeing on the horizon: For example a sharp rise in the unemployment rate,» said Jo Horton, a senior economist at St George Bank.

Malls tend to have higher loss rates than other property types after a default, increasing the stigma for lenders, according to Lea Overby, an analyst at Morningstar Credit Ratings LLC.

According to a report by the Government Accountability Office, borrowers 65 and over are defaulting on their loans at a much higher rate.

Combining this with poor sales growth results in a dismal outlook for earnings 3) the pressure on earnings will continue to hurt capital spending, which is usually just a magnified image of earnings, 4) the same factors will continue to raise default rates, causing earnings problems and debt downgrades among banks and financial companies, 5) earnings shortfalls will also lead to continued job cutbacks, with the unemployment rate rising to at least 5.5 % (indeed, once the unemployment rate has advanced by 0.5 % from its lows, it has never reversed until rising by least 1.5 % off those lows).

If it is mainly the highest - risk borrowers who take advantage of higher limits, or if the higher limits encourage more reckless borrowing in general, then default rates will climb, eating away at profit margins.

PCE's default option, ECOplus, is 50 % renewable and 75 % greenhouse gas emissions free, at a generation rate that is priced 5 % less than PG&E.

My goal was to buy «distressed» P2P loans at a discount that was higher than the default rate.

While I don't expect a significant deterioration in credit markets next year, conditions are turning less favorable: corporate leverage is higher, default rates are rising and with oil hovering near $ 40, energy issuers are at risk.

High - yield bonds represented by the Bloomberg Barclays High Yield 2 % Issuer Capped Index, comprising issues that have at least $ 150 million par value outstanding, a maximum credit rating of Ba1 or BB + (including defaulted issues) and at least one year to maturity.

As you can see from this data, the penalty / default rates are at the minimum 7 - 8 % higher than the worst rates you would normally see on your credit cards.

But the mortgage lenders and the ratings agencies they hired assured clients that these mortgages were good and could be paid — or at least that the market would continue to rise, so that if there was a default, new buyers would play the role of the proverbial «greater fool» and buy properties being foreclosed.

In fact, you often end up earning way more $ $ $, at higher interest rates, as I did on 2 of my defaulted investments.

After all, the default rate sits at 11.5 percent which accounts for anywhere from 4 to 5 million student loan borrowers.

Under the Connecticut bill, employees who are at least 19, make at least $ 5,000 a year and work for companies that employ five or more workers and don't offer a retirement plan would automatically be enrolled in the state - run plan (a Roth IRA) at a default contribution rate of 3 %, according to the National Association of Plan Advisors, which cites the Connecticut Post.

«He [doesn't] have his facts straight,» Lyndon said at the time, retorting that SolarCity's customers defaulted on payments at a rate of less than 0.5 %.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

The Financial Services Authority (OJK) said it was considering setting a cap on interest rates and the size of loans offered by fintech firms, in a move aimed at minimizing the risk of defaults.

Yet, default rates sit at historic lows, ending 2017 at 3.3 %.

As we covered this spring (WILTW May 25, 2017), the International Monetary Fund's annual Global Financial Stability report included a stark warning about the health of the U.S. economy: 22 % of U.S. corporations are at risk of default if interest rates rise.

At the same time, the global speculative - grade default rate is now 4.2 percent.

Mohamed El - Erian, the chief economist at the investment firm Pimco, said he believed lawmakers would reach an agreement to raise the debt ceiling and avert a default on the country's debt, but that the nation's rating would remain vulnerable.

It is often used by credit card companies when setting interest rates, but also refers to the rate at which corporations default on their loans.

Additionally, system savings events (excess income, excess RMDs, relocate / refinance proceeds) result in contributions to a default after - tax savings account that grows at a low rate of return.

Although he says he is not sure whether the market will suffer $ 10 billion or $ 30 billion in defaults, he is certain that there will be a panic at the margin, and Muni bonds from the highest - rated on down will fall, in part because other investors tend not to step to invest.

At the time of this writing (many of the loans continue to be outstanding), the default rate for Prosper loans given from July 2010 through June 2011 is just more than 5.5 %.

Meanwhile, corporate debt remains at record highs while default rates have been at sustained lows — «something's got ta give,» S&P wrote in a report earlier this month.

This is because these loan types are associated with layaway plans and «loans of last resort», which tend to default at very high rates.

As the IMF warned last year, 22 % of U.S. corporation are at risk of default if interest rates rise.

They're also generally unable to refinance at today's low rates and thereby reduce their monthly costs, further increasing the odds of default and limiting their ability to spend.

Personally, I am lending at Lending Club exclusively now because the default rate has been quite low and the returns has been consistent.

For particular banks we'll look at a number of different metrics, including credit default swaps, stress test results and credit ratings.

Since 1970, when they began tracking defaults, the rate is even lower at 0.07 %.2 Compare that to global corporate bonds, which defaulted at a 2.06 % rate in 2016.3 It's important to note that the overall muni rate remained that low despite 2016 having the highest municipal defaults volume on record, all related to Puerto Rico.