Sentences with phrase «debt as a percent»

The country's fiscal spending, according to the Congressional Budget Office, may increase the national debt as a percent of GDP to a higher level than Italy in five years.

And so for example, if you look at U.S. government debt, which is the one almost everyone always talks about, most people aren't sitting there worrying about how much debt does Amazon have, when you look at government debt, interest payments on government debt as a percent of GDP or as a percent of tax revenue, currently because interest rates are relatively low, are very low, are running half, literally half of what they were in the second half of the»80s and the first half of the»90s.

«We have global debts as a percent of global GDP that is 30 to 40 percent higher than it was in 2007..

Not exact matches

It owns close to $ 4 trillion of our debt, and as the second - largest economy in the world, it's also responsible for roughly 15 percent of global exports.

«If they do target aggressively the 2 percent inflation target, and undertake a significant amount of QE, that may have an impact on underlying JGB (Japanese government bond) yields as investors become concerned over Japan's debt,» he said.

On Monday, the yen slid towards 99 per dollar, its lowest in nearly four years, as markets prepared for the BOJ to start buying about 70 percent of debt issued by the government.

Nearly 20 percent of people who own cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin went into debt to buy it, or bought it on margin.

Clients are unaware that they should keep their overall debt ratio — as well as within each credit account — below 30 percent of their credit limits, said Paul Stagias, certified financial planner with Francis Financial.

The agreement by debt - laden 1Malaysia Development Berhad to sell 60 percent of the Bandar Malaysia property development project to a Chinese - led consortium was hailed by Prime Minister Najib Razak as a sign that 1MDB's «major challenges are now behind it,» when he announced the deal on December 31.

A drop in the euro provided support, helping the exporter - heavy DAX index outperfrom with a rise of 1.5 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB rose 1.2 percent to its highest level since October 2009, as government debt rose on dimming prospects of a snap election.

They bought 2.07 million new homes in total, a 7 percent jump from 2016, and a big reason for this is that the oldest members of the millennial generation have started looking for houses as they exchange student loan debt for marriages and children.

For example, a project with 70 percent bank debt, 10 percent subordinated debt and 20 percent equity, could be viewed by the senior lender as a project having roughly 70 percent bank debt and 30 percent equity.

Belgium, in particular, has 26 years with debt - to - GDP above 90 percent, with an average growth rate of 2.6 percent (though this is only counted as one total point due to the weighting above).

They find «the average real GDP growth rate for countries carrying a public debt - to - GDP ratio of over 90 percent is actually 2.2 percent, not -0.1 percent as [Reinhart - Rogoff claim].»

The Washington Post editorial board takes it as an economic consensus view, stating that «debt - to - GDP could keep rising — and stick dangerously near the 90 percent mark that economists regard as a threat to sustainable economic growth.»

From 1987 when Greenspan took over for Volcker, our economy went from 150 percent debt to GDP to 390 percent as we had these easy money policies moving people more and more out the risk curve.

Government debt yields fell to multimonth lows, with the 10 - year yield slumping below 2.1 percent as stocks declined on global economic worries.

The all - stock deal could value debt - ridden SolarCity — whose shares have dropped 63 percent over the last 12 months, partly due to changes in regulations on the solar - energy industry — at as much as $ 2.8 billion.

Depending on your personal situation, it could make sense to spread your credit card debt over three, four, or five cards, while keeping your balance on each of them below that 35 percent of the total credit limit mark, as opposed to maxing out one credit card.

It can also affect their mental health, the research shows, with those struggling to pay off debts twice as likely to suffer from depression and anxiety, with that depression level increasing 14 percent for every 10 percent increase in debt.

As default rates on junk - rated debt is above nine percent, companies with junk status face an average interest rate that is a whopping ten percent points above Treasuries — these days, that translates into roughly 12 percent for a five - year loan.

Fiat Chrysler said its first - quarter adjusted earnings rose five percent to C$ 2.51 billion as the automaker cut debt by C$ 2 billion.

As pension debt tops $ 20 billion and murder rates sky rocket 50 percent this year, McDonald's entrance is initially surprising.

Corporate debt grew from 102 percent of Chinese gross domestic product (GDP) in 2007 to 165 percent by 2015, as the chart below shows.

As an aside, I was pleased to see that Jonathan Anderson, whose work I used to read when he was a bank analyst, seems to think that growth has to be knocked back to 3 percent for it to be sustainable and for the debt burden to stop growing.

As a result, debt would decline from 78 percent of GDP at the end of 2018 to 60 percent in 2028 instead of rising to 96 percent as CBO projects under current laAs a result, debt would decline from 78 percent of GDP at the end of 2018 to 60 percent in 2028 instead of rising to 96 percent as CBO projects under current laas CBO projects under current law.

The rouble has weakened some 30 percent versus the dollar this year, as Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis have made it harder for banks and companies to refinance foreign currency debts and as tumbling oil prices have hurt government revenue.

As the next chart shows, QE has bloated central banks» balance sheets so much that they now hold the equivalent of 33 percent of all sovereign debt worldwide, up from roughly 15 percent pre-crisis.

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.

U.S. stocks fell about 1 percent on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 falling below its 200 - day moving average, as investors awaited developments in the Greece debt crisis.

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.

Too little, too late — The Fed does not raise rates quickly enough, a prospect that could lead to a falloff of as much as 7 percent in emerging - market debt

In fact, 42 percent of millennials have used methods like payday loans as a way of dealing with debt, according to a recent study by the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center at George Washington University.

Debt as a share of the economy, currently at 77 percent, would rise to 103 percent of GDP by 2028, rather than 96 percent as under current law.

The yields are generally double - digit; as a retail investor, I'd love to invest in clever debt structuring products that can return 10 percent a year with little volatility.

Japan 0.6 percent and they have a huge amount of government debt as a percentage of their economy.

While high - interest debt should be avoided at all costs, a 0 - percent - interest offer could be useful in a pinch, so long as you pay it off before the deal expires.

For example, if Congress extends tax provisions that expired at the end of last year or will expire in the future and enacts an unpaid - for repeal of the automatic spending reductions known as the sequester, ten - year deficits would increase by $ 1.7 trillion (from $ 10.1 trillion to $ 11.8 trillion) and result in debt in 2027 reaching 97 percent of GDP (instead of 91 percent).

More than 60 percent of the millennials surveyed had student loans and nearly half of millennials who do own a business or plan to start one cite their student loan debt as a major obstacle to business ownership.

That is why German reparations and Inter-Ally debts were written down after World War I. Greece's foreign debt is what is known as an «odious debt,» taken on by fraud to finance capital flight by Greece's One Percent.

From there, 20 percent should go towards a strong financial foundation such as retirement contributions, savings, and debt payments, and 30 percent should go to lifestyle needs.

As you can see, Japan is one of the top holders of gold, but at 400 percent, its debt - to - GDP ratio is higher than any other country's in the world.

In the next few years, the BOJ could not only own most of the Japanese bond market, but virtually most Japanese stocks; even as Japan's gross debt will exceed 250 percent of its GDP.

[5] Norway's booming housing markets and cheap interest rates are encouraging households to engage in a typical bubble - style debt binge as private debt burdens are estimated to grow to about 204 percent of disposable incomes in 2012.

As of January 2018, China held $ 1.168 trillion in American debt, more than a $ 100 billion increase since the same time last year, but down about 11 percent from the record high above $ 1.3 trillion in late 2013.

In general, a mortgage lender will approve a mortgage with payments of no more than 28 percent of your income, and total recurring debt payments of 36 percent of your income, though this number can go as high as 43 percent in some cases.

About 28 percent of young adults ages 21 to 35 say student debt has forced them to delay major life decisions such as starting a family, according to a Study.com survey.

We expect high yield funds could be most affected by events in Puerto Rico, as commonwealth debt makes up some 28 percent of the S&P High Yield Municipal Index.

The FHA allows housing debts to be as much as 31 percent of a borrower's monthly income (the debt - to - income ratio or DTI), and it allows borrowers to use as much as 43 percent of their monthly income for all debts including housing expenses.

We estimate recoveries could potentially range from 30 percent or less for subordinate, unsecured or appropriated debt to as high as 100 percent for bonds that are deemed by the courts as secured.