An analysis by Bloomberg News showed that because of the gender wage gap (which only increases as time passes after graduation), women who earn MBAs are likely to be in
debt a year longer than their male counterparts.
Not exact matches
Two more
years of economic pain Australia faces a
longer period of low growth, higher
debt and higher unemployment than predicted just four weeks ago as the wave of job losses gathered strength, with clothing manufacturer Pacific Brands axing 1850 staff across the country.
But he points to a report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer released earlier this
year showing that, since 2009, the
debt service ratio — a measure of income spent to pay
debt — has remained steady at around 14 per cent, not much higher than the
long - term average.
But after spending three
years making minimum payments, it became clear that unless I got aggressive, my
debt could potentially throw a wrench in my
long - term saving goals.
So while it can be a complex topic to tackle, carefully considering your lifestyle, assets and
debts will allow you to calculate a rough estimate of how
long your money will last beyond your income - generating
years.
Debt to equity for the first quarter of 2018 was 199 % compared with 191 % at
year - end 2017, and just below Ryder's
long - term target range of 200 % to 250 %.
Apple's
long - term
debt has grown to almost $ 100 billion over the past few
years partly because it needs a source of funds to buy back stock and pay dividends.
Women are also taking
longer to pay off student
debt, according to a report completed this
year by the American Association of University Women, despite being more likely to enroll and earning higher grades than most of their male peers.
This
year, the total amount of auto loans topped the $ 1 trillion mark, as borrowers took on
debt that takes
longer to repay.
China intensified its efforts this
year to contain risks coming from a
long stretch of excessive borrowing, but concerns continued to mount when the country's
debt didn't stop climbing.
Though the payback on an MBA degree is typically three to four
years, it's unclear how
long it will take graduates to work off their interest - bearing graduate
debt.
(To help support its content habit, Netflix has raised
long - term
debt, closing a $ 1.5 billion borrowing round last
year.)
The deal, which is still making its way through Congress after an eleventh hour push from party bigs, has three main components: It immediately raises the
debt ceiling, includes around $ 2.1 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10
years, and creates a special Congressional committee to come up with
long term deficit - reduction suggestions by this Thanksgiving.
«A 35 -
year or
longer mortgage encourages people to take on more
debt than they can really afford,» says Debbie Klein, a manager with Credit Counselling Services of Alberta Ltd..
After those two leveraged buyouts, Neiman carries
long - term
debt of $ 4.55 billion, on which it paid $ 289.9 million in interest last
year.
At the end of last
year the company had a total of $ 9.5 billion in
long - term
debt.
It was going to be a
long two
years before I finally became
debt free at the end of 2016.
Should the economy manage to grow at close to its historical
long - term average of 1pc a
year, Greece's
debt ratio would still top 100pc of GDP in three decades.
Loans take
longer to repay: Since you're paying less each month, it will take
longer than the typical 10
years on the Standard Repayment Plan to get out of student
debt.
Progress in a few areas has been solid: slashing of bureaucratic red tape has led to a surge in new private businesses; full liberalization of interest rates seems likely following the introduction of bank deposit insurance in May; Rmb 2 trillion (US$ 325 billion) of local government
debt is being sensibly restructured into
long - term bonds; tighter environmental regulation and more stringent resource taxes have contributed to a surprising two -
year decline in China's consumption of coal.
Debt interest costs are fully tax deductible as a business expense and in the case of
long term financing, the repayment period can be extended over many
years, reducing the monthly expense.
With
long - term
debt financing, the scheduled repayment of the loan and the estimated useful life of the assets extends over more than one
year.
The standout performers last
year were technology funds,
long / short equity funds and structured credit funds (which buy tranches of securitized
debt instruments).
The reality of refinancing with a 30 -
year loan is that you actually end up with your
debt for
longer.
The potential counter weights that could cap the 10 -
year yield would be a negative stock market reaction that drives investors to bonds; lower interest rates outside the U.S. that make the U.S.
debt relatively more attractive, and good demand for
longer - dated securities from insurers and others.
At some point, if these policies are inflationary, then the vigilantes or those that hold dollar reserves, such as China and Brazil and Mexico, they will be in the driver's seat in terms of
longer - term Treasury
debt, 10
years and 30
years Treasury
debt in terms of their yield.
But
longer - dated bonds fell over inflation fears; prices for 30 -
year debt sank and fell most of the day for the benchmark 10 -
year Treasury, though the latter turned moderately positive at day's end.
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The amount of
longer term Federal
debt that markets have to absorb is now as high as it has been in the last 50
years and
long rates are extraordinarily low, as are term spreads.
But it's important to check for information that could hurt your credit score: inaccurate information or
debt that is too old to be reportable (
longer than seven
years since an account first went late, assuming no further activity on the account, for example).
Sure, you can devalue those claims through inflation, but only if the
debt is in the form of
long - maturity bonds (which is why the recent discussion of issuing 50 - 100
year Treasury bonds seems understandable but also a bit nefarious).
Though the weighted - average maturity of Treasury
debt is currently
longer than normal, the average is still only 5.8
years, and half of the
debt will have to be rolled over by 2019, at whatever interest rates emerge in the interim.
«This
year's budget makes remarkable progress on reducing the
debt - to - GDP ratio, and announced focused investment in areas that are important to the
long - term economic success of the province, while holding steady on already very competitive business and personal tax rates.»
China is probably still a few
years away from reaching its
debt limits, but the more
debt grows, the lower the country's growth rate average will be over the
long term.
If these constraints are not in place, however, analysts can no
longer ignore this difference because the economy can then engage in nonproductive activity that for many
years can force up the
debt burden and add to GDP.
This is the next great challenge for Beijing, and when the regulators finally do start to repair overextended balance sheet, with a much higher
debt - to - GDP ratio than any other country at China's stage of economic development, according to a presentation Monday night by my very smart former student, Chen
Long, I expect annual GDP growth rates will continue dropping steadily, by 1 - 2 percentage points a
year through the rest of this decade (and there has been increasing talk in the past month or two that GDP growth rates are already 1 - 2 points below the printed rates).
Unlike some other forgiveness programs that simply waive any remaining
debt after a
longer period of time, Perkins Loan Cancellations are evaluated on a
year - by -
year basis, and you could have either a percentage or the full amount of your balance canceled.
debt obligations of the U.S. Government with maturities of 10
years or
longer; coupon interest for Treasury bonds is exempt from state and local taxes, but is federally taxable; interest income may also be subject to alternative minimum tax
For borrowers contacted by a
debt collector about very old
debt (generally
debt you have not made any payments toward for two
years or
longer, depending on your state), you may be able to challenge a lawsuit from a
debt collector on these grounds.
John Stopford, portfolio manager of the Investec GSF Global Strategic Income Fund and co-head of the Investec multi-asset team, says 2014 may be a difficult
year for corporate credit and a modest one for emerging markets
debt, «but there may be an attractive
long - term buying opportunity later in the
year.»
To put a number on that,
long - term
debt was reduced by a sizable 15 % through the first nine months of the
year.
If sovereign
debt is increased every
year and is never liquidated because it is continually «rolled over,» how much is that
debt truly worth and how
long will perpetually increasing
debt persist before a violent reset occurs?
«While improving in many respects in the most recent
years, the
longer - term trends in
debt are troubling as far as retirement preparedness is concerned,» says Craig Copeland, Senior Research Associate at EBRI.
At present, investors have no reasonable incentive at all to «lock in» the prospective returns implied by current prices of stocks or
long - term bonds (though we suspect that 10 -
year Treasuries may benefit over a short horizon due to continued economic risks and still - unresolved
debt concerns in Europe, which has already entered an economic downturn).
And on such a
long term
debt obligation, the difference of 0.25 % or 0.50 % on an interest rate can mean tens of thousands of dollars over the course of 30
years.
The
long - term trend of earnings per share for American businesses is up because large corporations retain earnings that they can use to pay down
debt, buy back stock, or grow operations, and this allows us to have the reasonable certainty that Coca - Cola, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, PepsiCo, and the rest of the usual suspects will be worth more ten
years from now.
Last
year our lead theme of How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bond favoring
longer - maturity
debt was right, even if for the wrong reasons.
According to Bloomberg sources, «the White House would like to extend the
debt limit
long enough to move back the threat of a U.S. default until after Congress can deal with funding for the full federal fiscal
year and tax legislation the Trump administration backs.»
FRA Co-Founder Gordon T.
Long sits with BCA Research Chief Economist, Martin Barnes, a highly decorated and well renowned economist of 40 +
years to talk Financial Repression and Barnes most recent work, Low Growth and High
Debt: Financial Repression is Here to Stay.
Trying to anticipate the changing environment, and high corporate
debt levels, suggest it would be wise to start taking a more defensive position on equities
long before yields on 10 -
year Treasuries reach 5 %.