Sentences with phrase «at tight credit»

Of note, the new Chinese muni bonds were priced tight at issuance and they continue to trade at tight credit spreads above the sovereign bond yields.

Not exact matches

Because of the tight credit market, business plans are being more closely scrutinized than ever and banks are looking for specifics before looking at Small Business Administration - backed loans or community bank loans.

«Monetary policy will not be too tight or too loose,» Yi said, adding that growth in M2 money supply and total social financing — a broad measure of credit — will be at a reasonable pace this year.

Raymond J. Keating, chief economist at the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, says the regulations risk choking off an already - tight credit market.

But with the Fed looking at more rate hikes and credit spreads already near their tightest levels of the cycle, it's tough to see how liquidity would become much more loose than it was two months ago.

The Fed left its key short - term rate at 1.5 per cent to 1.75 per cent — the level it set in March after its sixth increase since December 2015 — as it gradually tightens credit to control inflation against the backdrop of a tight labour market and a pickup in consumer prices.

As a result, monetary policies aimed at restraining credit growth overall might end up being too tight for some regions, leading to accelerating bankruptcies, and too loose for others, fueling out - of - control credit growth.

Today, they reflect the flow of international borrowing where interest rates are low and lending at a markup where credit is tight — and then hedging this arbitrage, and jumping on the bandwagon to speculate on which way currencies will go.

By looking at how the credit spread for a category of bonds is changing, you can get an idea of how «cheap» (wide credit spread) or «expensive» (tight credit spread) the market for those bonds is related to historical credit spreads.

As you can see the credit spread for JCPenney Bonds at 769 basis points is much «wider» than the spread for Exxon Mobile bonds at 119 basis points (a much «tighter» or «narrow» spread than JCPenny).

U.S. high - yield bond spreads are 34 basis points, or hundredths of a percentage point, tighter; cover spreads are 21 basis points tighter, and emerging - market credit excess returns are at 3.6 %.

Household spending is expanding at a moderate rate but remains constrained by high unemployment, modest income growth, lower housing wealth, and tight credit.

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As the financial crisis waned and the emergency lending programs were wound down, the Fed chairman faced a new challenge: A recovery hobbled by tight credit, a lackluster housing market and financial turmoil in Europe that left the unemployment rate at 9.1 percent two years after the expansion began.

At the same time, we are neutral on U.S. credit amid tight spreads and increasing sensitivity to rate rises, and prefer up - in - quality exposures.

There were periods in the game where we need to be tight, well organised and calm at the back, and I think our defenders and goalkeeper deserve credit.»

At an industry summit in Whitehall last month lenders were told they could face tighter controls, including limits on the number of loans taken out and a cap on the total cost of credit.

Polish, who tells a story at most of The Monti shows, credits his Ph.D. adviser with teaching him how to tell a tight story without loose ends.

Even at a lean two hours (including credits), it still feels like Justice League could've been shorter with some tighter writing and editing.

Head room and leg room is rather tight in the back (though, to Lexus» credit, there's an admirable amount of shoulder space), so you'll just be able to squeeze a couple of mid-sized adults into the two rear seats, and the limited array of cup holders (just two, located at the base of the center console) is just one example of the Lexus RC's lack of usable storage cubbies.

«At the same time, we can't ignore the ongoing headwinds of tight credit, limited inventory, higher prices and higher mortgage interest rates.

It would be one thing if guaranteed refinance terms were offered at the initial refinancing, but absent that, credit conditions are fickle, and it can be a short interval between loose credit and tight credit.

At one point, he was discussing how mortgage lenders are still being fairly tight with credit.

Household spending is expanding at a moderate rate but remains constrained by high unemployment, modest income growth, lower housing wealth, and tight credit.

He tells me stories of people with perfect credit who are now at the brink of foreclosure due to tighter rules or unlucky circumstance.

At market tops, typically credit spreads are tight, but they have been tight for several years, while seemingly cheap leverage builds up.

Reaching for yield always has risks, but the penalties are most intense at the top of the cycle, when credit spreads are tight, and the Fed's loosening cycle is nearing its end.

Although at tight valuations, credit and mortgage - backed securities provide a yield spread over Treasuries that can add meaningful additional income over time.

Now, with credit tight, they have become a potent deterrent to corporate raiders leery of being forced to repay a company's debt and then refinance the loans at higher rates.

Her vet has run her blood and several other tests that have come up negative but is fairly tight lipped on her prospects - We have limited finances, have spent $ 700 on her in the past two days, can't afford any more, and do not have credit beyond what we already have (recent circumstances outside our control already stretched our credit in the past month - it's too much at once financially).

Survey: Average card APR sits tight at record 15.50 percent — March 1, 2017: The national average APR on new card offers stayed at a record high this week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.

Credit card interest rates sit tight at 14.92 percent — May 6, 2015: Interest rates on new card offers remain locked in place this week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.

Rate survey: Average card APR sits tight at 15.18 percent — July 13, 2016: The average APR on new card offers remained unchanged at 15.18 percent this week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.

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«Household spending is increasing at a moderate pace, but remains constrained by high unemployment, modest income growth, lower housing wealth and tight credit,» the Fed said in its statement.

The tight timeframe for tariff filing presumably recognizes that certain federal tax credits for solar energy facilities decrease or expire at the end of 2016, and that facilities must be operational by then to take advantage of the credits.

But Lisa Pendergast, managing director at RBS Greenwich, suggests the curve is so tight that «buyers aren't being sufficiently compensated for moving down the CMBS credit curve.»

In fact, the credit curve (the difference between triple - A-rated and triple - B securities) at 57 basis points, or 0.57 percentage point, is at its tightest level since 1997.

Regardless, there are many catalysts: a tight labor market, wage growth picking up, a stock market at or near record highs, housing values rising quickly, high commercial real estate prices, low cap rates and narrow credit spreads.

The number of completed homes for sale ready for immediate move - in remains at a record low of 38,000 as builders remain cautious about building ahead of the market and as credit access remains tight.

And right now, credit is tighter than at any point we can remember.

«At the same time, overly tight credit conditions are certainly constraining consumers» ability to purchase homes as well as builders» ability to construct them.»

While limited inventory, tight credit and down - payment requirements make it hard for many millennials to achieve the American Dream, soaring rents and the likelihood the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates later this year may drive more of them to explore buying, said Stan Humphries, chief economist at Seattle - based Zillow Group.

«During the depths of the Great Recession, at least half of my clients relied on FHA - backed loans because of extremely tight credit conditions,» said Brown.