Sentences with phrase «debt increased despite»

Why has payday loan debt increased despite consumer warnings about the high cost of these loans?

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Despite rising debt levels and increasing home prices, Canadians continue to allocate less income toward paying off debt, according to the Canadian Household Financial Health and Consumer Credit Q1 2015 report [paywall] recently published by credit rating agency DBRS.

Critics point to MDC's lack of overall profits and its huge amount of debt as signs of a company making more bets than it can afford to lose, (this, despite its increased revenues, organic growth and free cash flow).

«Despite the increase in debt, the Whole Foods acquisition is an immediate credit positive for the company on a variety of fronts,» Moody's analyst Charlie O'Shea said in a report Monday, revising Amazon's outlook to positive from stable.

Despite ever - increasing amounts of scholarship aid, MBA grads are pouring on student debt at levels never seen before.

Despite the increase in debt, households continued to get richer in the third quarter as their net worth gained 2.2 per cent on the back of a strong stock market.

Today, with dividends reinvested, the value of each share has increased several times over despite the dot - com meltdown, the war on terror, higher national debt, and a declining dollar.

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.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

What is more, despite the increase over the past decade, household debt is still at a relatively low level in China.

A new study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) examines the debt of the older American families, and notes that despite some recent improvements, families with heads ages 55 or older have experienced a long - term trend of increased debt.

Despite a slight increase in long - term interest rates in recent weeks, he said interest rates remain extraordinarily low and debt service levels comfortable.

If our church was really looking to get rich, we would not be helping others despite the fact that we are in debt, some of our paid staff does not currently have benefits, and none of the staff has had a pay increase in over 5 years.

I accept City is run on petro - dollars Chelski on Russian money and Utd is a debt mountain.But to me Wenger AND the Board show no ambition to reach that last step up.Again I accept we run on a business model and operate within our means but tell me why Wenger with his stranglehold on the Club and the entire Board with the exception of Ivan Gazidis licking his balls he doesn't force the issue.Oh but he gets a pay increase with his new contract despite failing to reach the minimum of Champions League

Despite increase in our debt profile, it is still believed that Nigeria can borrow from the International financial institutions and use it to reflate the economy by quickly taking the advantage of the credibility of President Muhamadu Buhari which is a good leverage because some international financial institutions are ready to lend us money for infrastructural development.

Instead, Mr. Ryan and Mr. McConnell will have to rely on Democratic votes to pass the increase — and put the president in the awkward position of having to sign it despite repeatedly promising to tackle the country's debt.

Blaney's argument is relevant, considering that Pennsylvania's private universities accounted for 60 % of the state's minority bachelor's degrees in math, science, and engineering, despite the significantly higher tuitions.9 There is evidence to show that decreasing and eliminating debt for lower - income students would likely increase the number of minority students majoring in science and engineering at elite schools and overall.

DALLAS — The Texas Permanent School Fund that guarantees more than $ 70 billion of public school construction bonds retains top credit ratings despite its increasing support for riskier charter school debt, analysts said.

Despite the increase in household debt, household net worth rose 2.5 per cent in the third quarter to $ 10.133 trillion.

He does support cutting down on the federal budget (meaning federal education programs); for instance, he once complained, «An increasing deficit and an ever - growing 19 trillion dollar national debt, despite a volley of tax increases, prove this administration is committed to spending us into oblivion.»

The study found that despite QM regulation, the share of loans with high debt - to - income ratios is increasing and nearly at 40 % for all FHA loans.

This is despite the average debt rising by more than $ 1,000 and the percentage of graduates with debt increasing by 2 percentage points compared to last year.

Since 2008, credit growth has been too weak to drive economic growth — despite a 130 % increase in Government debt.

Despite the increase in debt, the delinquency rate — defined as bills more than 90 days past due — remains on a downward trend and now stands at just 1.1 per cent, Equifax said.

As housing prices have increased, the attractiveness of debt consolidation over insolvency as a debt restructuring mechanism has helped temper the growth in Ontario consumer insolvencies despite record debt levels.

Despite the increase in mortgage debt, nationally, fewer homeowners are in serious delinquency (90 + day late) on their payments.

Consumers have benefited from all - time low interest rates, but they have taken so much debt that monthly expenses associated with paying interest and principal payments in relation to their discretionary income have actually increased despite the low interest rate environment and growth in discretionary income.

The EM corporate market is still small relative to developed markets debt outstanding despite emerging markets countries» increasing contribution to global GDP...»

According to the Federal Reserve's latest report on consumer credit, credit card debt fell for the second consecutive month in February, despite modest increases in consumer spending during the same period.

Interestingly, beyond this, despite considerable rhetoric about moving beyond debates about carbon - pricing, the report recommends that in order to avoid adding to the Federal debt, it would be necessary to impose new taxes, including increased royalties for oil and gas extraction, a tax on imported oil, a tax on electricity sales, and a «very small carbon price» (presumably from a modest carbon tax or unambitious cap - and - trade system).

The phenomenon of increased indebtedness among Americans has occurred despite the belief that we are adverse to debt.

And despite concerns about Greek debt, the health of European banks, and a potential shakeout in private equity, some firms still expect M&A activity to increase this year.

Furthermore, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience increased contact with the justice system that precludes access to licensing, which is primarily attributed to: 1) fine default licensing sanctions due to inability to pay fines and / or state debt; 2) lack of diversionary options or programs for offenders; 3) unauthorised driving charges, which includes those who drive despite never having a licence and those who drive with a suspended or disqualified licence.

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