Sentences with phrase «debt increased about»

From 2002 through 2013, the number of individuals whose Social Security benefits were offset to pay student loan debt increased about five-fold from about 31,000 to 155,000.

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The more Poloz and his deputies repeat their contention that the threat posed by household debt has receded, the more confidence executives and investors will have that they can make decisions without having to worry about a snap interest - rate increase.

Private - equity acquisitions of retailers have become increasingly rare, as the investment firms worry about increasing headwinds facing the industry and their portfolio companies struggle with the debt burden left behind from leveraged buyouts.

On the current economic climate and the government's plans to increase the deficit, Munger said, «Of course I'm concerned about the rising level of government debt.

NB Power is soon expected to announce another in a series of rate increases in a bid to break even, but the province remains saddled with the utility's debt and with costly decisions about the future of its generators.

According to several lenders, borrowers may see their FICO score increase by about 20 points three months after consolidating their credit card debt using an installment loan.

The decision about how to adjust the discount rate depends on whether investors believe that additional infrastructure spending will increase the country's potential growth rate, or instead that it will simply increase economic activity at the expense of higher debt.

If we don't start educating policy - makers and the public about the possibility of providing fiscal stimulus without increasing national debts, we may get even less fiscal stimulus than we got the last time.

It would not be surprising if the household sector had become more sensitive to news about interest rates, given the increased debt and debt servicing loads that it is now carrying.

After all, since 2006, your government has increased government debt by $ 150 billion, after falling by about $ 80 billion under the previous Liberal government.

But there is something profoundly troubling about speculators in Puerto Rican debt reaping windfalls even as estimates of hurricane damage are revised up, tax reform legislation undermines Puerto Rican competitiveness, out - migration increases, political cleavages increase, layoffs from the public sector are set to increase and outside observers become more pessimistic about Puerto Rico's economic prospects.

I suspect that the willingness to finance consumption through increasing levels of debt is about to come to a quick finish.

Achieving fiscal stimulus does not require increasing national debts and getting everyone so exercised about them.

«If you assume that for many years China has been misallocating investment (by which I simply mean that the resulting increase in productivity generated by the investment was less than the correctly calculated debt - servicing cost)...» How about not «assuming» and offer proof?

The company's net debt increased to about 12.5 billion euros ($ 15.6 billion) by the end of March, nearing the level reached a decade ago when former CEO Jean - Marie Messier's acquisition binge left the company close to bankruptcy.

It is worth remembering that Reagan, hardly a fan of reversing course or raising taxes, found it necessary to propose significant tax increases in 1982 and 1984 (the equivalent in today's economy of $ 3.5 tn over a decade) due to concerns about federal debt.

If the target is for 2021 - 22, the federal debt could increase to $ 650 billion from the March 2013 Budget projection of about $ 625 billion for 2017 - 18.

Continuing the theme of rising interest rates and following up from my last blog, «With all the News of Higher Interest Rates, Don't Forget About Floating - Rate Debt,» bond laddering is a strategy that provides increased income and the ability to adjust the stream of income in a rising - interest - rate environment.

There is, in other words, actually quite a lot that we know and understand about the model, even if many of us seem to have forgotten much of it — including its typical weaknesses, one of the most obvious of which is the tendency for over-investment in the late stages of the miracle - growth period leading to an unsustainable increase in debt.

Despite an increase in debt of about $ 150 billion, the debt burden is falling and could reach 25 per cent by 2019 - 20, two years ahead of target.

This lost revenue accounts for about 80 per cent of the increase in federal public debt over that period.

Elder had heard about passive income, so he started an online business to try to increase their income and pay off their debt.

My reading about LBO ideal targets all call for steady cash flows able to support the increased debt load even during a downturn.

In my recent National Post column, I make reference to some back - of - envelope calculations to the effect that replacing the fiscal anchor of balanced budgets to one of a fixed debt - GDP ratio allows the federal government to increase spending by 1.2 percentage points of GDP, or by about $ 25 billion.

The dollar extended losses against the euro Friday, after more details about a new aid package for Greece came to light, increasing confidence in European policymakers» ability to handle the sovereign - debt crisis.

The current annual dividend payments will only total about $ 53 million, which means there's plenty of cash remaining to expedite debt repayments, increase the quarterly distribution, and fund growth projects.

The recent announcement by European central banks to restrict further sales of gold and the decision by the IMF to fund its debt - relief initiative with off - market transactions, contributed to a sharp recovery in sentiment in the gold market in late September; the gold price in US dollars increased by around 25 per cent in the wake of these decisions, but has since retraced about half of this rise.

Under Barack Obama it has soared to about $ 18.5 trillion, the increase almost equaling the total debt accumulation of the prior 230 years.

Although some people will raise a red flag about increasing debt levels, Edmonton only has about half the debt level of Calgary and a repayment plan was in place before any funds were borrowed (a requirement under provincial law.

Taking into consideration the fact that there is just two other circumstances when the debt / GDP NYSE margin had increased by about 30 basis points or more in a period of only three months — that happened when the ration had reached its two major secular bull market highs — the likelihood is highly probable that the NYSE margin debt / US GDP, is once more at its peak of all time high of 2.87 %!

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.

There were several possible catalysts suggested for this spike in concerns about a favorable outcome of the debt ceiling negotiation, which has to be concluded ahead of the Treasury's X Date, now expected as early as October 1: some cited Steven Mnuchin's interview on CNBC, in which the Treasury Secretary said that the additional spending needed to help Texas recover from Hurricane Harvey may reduce the amount of time Congress has to increase the federal debt limit; another possibility was month - end liquidity needs and relative positioning across the curve.

From 2002 through 2013, the number of Americans whose Social Security benefits were offset to pay student loan debt increased five-fold from about 31,000 to 155,000, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

U.S. households use about 8 % of their income to either pay off debt, or increase savings — or sometimes both at the same time, as in the typical case of a mortgage payment.

Apple, who is sitting on over $ 200 billion in cash, increased their debt position by about $ 36 billion between March 2015 and March 2016, primarily to buy back stock.

What ought to concern everyone about China is the increased debt load the country must shoulder as economic growth moderates.

For a long time, we've known about the issues that would inflate the entitlements — such as the prior - mentioned demographic problems — but there is an increasing likelihood that new federal programs with expenditure increases will further accelerate the growth in federal debt.

She is kind of settled with this too because she talked about that with the tax cut and the fiscal policy today which was good, not in any type of derogatory way, but she is worried about maybe the increase in debt, but she's hoping that if this tax cut is stimulative it will be supply - side leaning and we will get greater productivity growth which she said would be the good type of growth that she wants.

In addition, a growing number of commentators, including senior representatives of some institutional investors, have expressed concern about the impact of hedge fund activism, and associated increased debt and cuts in capital spending, on long - term corporate health, innovation, job creation and GDP growth.»

There is one important factor that should give us some reassurance about the large increase in household debt.

The foreign debt continues to be an issue and new voices have began to sound the need to look for ways to face it; (ii) At the national level two questions are concentrating increasing attention: one is the reassessment of the necessary role of the state to correct the distortions of a runaway market (currently discussed in Europe and in the discussions about the role the initiatives of «an active state has played in the economic development of Asian countries); the other is the need for a «participative democracy over against a purely representative formal democracy: in this sense the need to strengthen civil society with its intermediate organizations becomes an important concern; (iii) the struggle for collective and personal identity in a society in which forced immigration, dehumanizing conditions in urban marginal situations, and foreign cultural aggression and massification in many forms produce a degrading type of poverty where communal, family and personal identity are eroded and even destroyed.

Bolingbrook — Park District expenses in the coming year are expected to increase by about $ 1 million, not including debt payments and costs related to the new recreation center / aquatic complex.

He's talking about the need to cut debt and increase housing but refusing to acknowledge the huge benefits public assets bring, and never mentioning the role the private sector could play in responding to these issues.

In terms of Security Council politics, however, the increasing economic bargaining power of countries like India and Brazil in the midst of a global debt crisis may bring about changes in the future.

We talk a lot about reducing the deficit, fiscal consolidation, bringing down public sector debt, increasing GDP, creating private sector jobs.

It is about improving accountability and transparency, increasing public revenue, effective expenditure, improving public financial management and managing debt sustainably.

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Earlier reports suggested that the President had ordered the PURC to increase tariffs to offset about $ 80 million debt owed by the Volta River Authority (VRA).

[Cuomo repeatedly insisted that the failure of the panel to come to an agreement on reducing the nation's debt — either through a mix of tax increases and spending cuts — said more about the government itself than any individual person.]

Mr. Carvin said the Debt Clock, which increases by about $ 4 billion per day, «crystallizes» how reckless career Washington politicians, like 24 - year - incumbent Nita Lowey (D - WFP), have been to this country — and just how sorely new and fiscally responsible leaders are needed.