Sentences with phrase «cut debt levels»

In the same period, corporations have drastically cut debt levels, bringing it to par with equity and the lowest level in over a decade.

Not exact matches

«International research has found that highly indebted households cut back their spending to a greater degree in response to declining house prices than those with lower debt levels,» he said in a letter to the House finance committee this month.

If you did this, the level of federal debt could be cut by almost $ 40 billion.

Buying back its debt at a discount helped California Resources improve its balance sheet, and the company maintained production levels while cutting costs by becoming more efficient.

On the domestic front, elevated household debt levels continue to be a concern and would deter the central bank from cutting rates further.

If corporate cash positions remain strong and debt levels are reduced due to tax cuts and economic growth, volatility may remain muted.

Key policies include introducing a Guaranteed Annual Income; ensuring universal access to quality childcare and early childhood education; cutting debt for post-secondary students; honouring the Kelowna Accord with Aboriginals; expanding the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual Canadians; and easing the income support levels required for immigrant family sponsorship.

While much is uncertain, this is for sure: The total debt must be cut to a level more manageable given the island's growth prospects.

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.

Initial results aren't encouraging with Freeport McMoran (FCX: NYSE), Barrick Gold (ABX: NYSE), Glencore PLC (GLEN: LON), and Anglo American (AAL: LON), maintaining total debt levels well in excess of their current market capitalizations, even after billions of dollars of write downs and rounds of cost cuts.

This bill could ultimately be as costly as the ill - advised tax cuts passed earlier this year, setting the stage for more than $ 1.5 trillion in debt if the increased cap levels are extended through the decade.

Though it boosts the economy in the short term, high levels of household debt add pressure on the economy in the long run, as households are forced to cut spending in order to repay their debt.

Of course under an NGDP level targeting monetary regime, income grows steadily, meaning that cutting spending (say to reduce debt) is offset by monetary policy.

The cut from the monetary policy committee (MPC) comes as the UK economy looks set to slow in 2008 - as the credit crunch, with borrowers tightening their lending, and high debt levels combine.

The threat to cut higher education assistance programs comes at a time when states around the country are increasing tuition at public universities, community colleges are experiencing record enrollments and student debt continues to reach record levels each year.

When the debt bumps against those levels, automatic cuts in Social Security and similar programs would be triggered.

While much is uncertain, this is for sure: The total debt must be cut to a level more manageable given the island's growth prospects.

Moreover, they regard Trump tax cuts and deregulation as monumental positives, while disregarding uncertainty in trade protectionism or unsustainable debt levels.

Haven't done a full dive yet, but first cut financials seem okay (no crazy debt levels anyway).

The Motley Fool notes that falling credit card debt levels are influenced by factors other than consumers cutting up credit cards and using cash instead of plastic:

Businesses with high debt levels can be at greater risk of cutting their dividend if they unexpectedly fall on hard times.

On the other hand, if the economy really struggles and something happens, I don't want to have all my eggs in the investment basket which can take a hair cut in a market crash when I'd rather have lower debt levels.

• A new poll suggests more Canadians are mentally prepared to deal with their debt levels by cutting back on spending.

Between its high debt levels and recently disappointing earnings results, it's looking like only a matter of time before Frontier cuts its dividend.

While rising margin debt levels provide the additional liquidity to drive stock prices higher on the way up, it also cuts deeply as prices fall.»

In its most recent Monetary Report, the bank conceded that their own rate cuts last year helped fuel the increase in debt spending, but the Bank apparently feels confident that recent regulatory changes, and rising real income due to lower oil prices, will result in more moderate spending levels.

As I mentioned, I'm quite comfortable with a higher level of leverage here, so I'll break my usual habit of hair - cutting this debt adjustment by 50 %.

But in his book, Dr. Lomborg cites figures from the United States Census Bureau, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the European Environment Agency to show that the rate of world population growth has actually been dropping sharply since 1964; the level of international debt decreased slightly from 1984 to 1999; the price of oil, adjusted for inflation, is half what it was in the early 1980's; and the sulfur emissions that generate acid rain (which has turned out to do little if any damage to forests, though some to lakes) have been cut substantially since 1984.

She says: «The impact of further cuts on those junior practitioners already at the publicly funded Bar and servicing high levels of student debt will be extremely damaging.