Sentences with phrase «debt levels do»

Ignore anyone who tells you that debt levels don't matter.

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While the high level of existing debt means rate hikes will have a stronger impact in cooling demand than they did in previous years, it is still too soon to know just how much of an effect the bank's three rate hikes have had, Poloz said.

That's a drag on growth, but a welcome one if it means households have begun doing something about record levels of debt.

«I will continue to act to ensure that household debt levels are sustainable, that lenders are acting prudently, and that increases in interest rates or a housing market downturn don't put at risk the economic growth we are working so hard to accelerate,» Morneau said.

If we came to learn that excessive household debt posed a bigger threat to economic growth than does a certain level of government debt, then policy makers would want to take that into account when setting interest rates.

But analysts say more still needs to be done on structural reforms to rein in ballooning corporate debt, which has reached levels that the IMF and others have warned sharply raises the risks of a financial crisis.

Poloz also refused to be drawn on Home Capital, saying he wouldn't talk about an individual company, although he did reiterate that record levels of mortgage debt represent one of the Canadian economy's biggest vulnerabilities.

«It used to be done automatically without a vote, and that's part of why we have the debt level that we have — Congress could just spend and never be held accountable,» Walden said.

But more debt could prompt a ratings downgrade to junk levels, raising the cost of borrowing, not to mention making the whole enterprise riskier if programming revenue does surprisingly start to fall.

Don't be surprised if aggregate debt levels continue rising.

But taking out debt to buy an asset as volatile as Bitcoin — as some investors seem to be doing with their credit cards — is risky on a personal finance level.

By definition any country with both high investment and a current account surplus must have a high savings rate, but I don't understand why having high savings explains China's high debt levels.

You guys are set for life John and really don't have to worry about stocks and bonds and diversification as much if your debt levels are under control and your pension covers all your expenses.

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

With such debt levels, Toys R Us did not have the financial flexibility to invest in its business.

The fact that China's debt is rising much more quickly than China's debt servicing capacity is consistent with my implicit model — which claims that the optimal amount of capital stock in China is a function of China's relatively low level of social capital, and that Chinese investment has far exceeded its optimal level — but it doesn't prove it.

This does not refer to debt per se, but rather, the level of fixed expense relative to total sales.

The Feds thought what we need to do is re-inflate prices back to bubble levels, so as to keep the debts on the books and save the Banks from having negative equity.

But with bank insolvencies rising (especially in Europe) and a US debt level closing in on $ 20 trillion, does it make sense to bet everything you've ever worked for on hope and optimism?

The couple of things I am keeping an eye one are the company's payout ratio, which you noted in your article, and the debt level to make sure that it doesn't continue to climb.

A larger government does not mean running deficits or a higher level of debt or debt burden.

«He doesn't want to leave any question about the independence of the Governor of the Bank of Canada, but we have a situation under the Conservative government that has allowed record household debt... and the bank is really caught between a rock and a hard place, because these high debt levels create pressure for higher interest rates, but inflation is very low.

Obviously this is no easy task in China, where both the banks and the informal banking system have done a great job in recent years of hiding loan growth and keeping formal debt levels from looking to risky.

However, it does allow the government to issue more debt to restore market held debt to its previous level, which would finance HM type expenditures.

Detroit has more than $ 18 billion in debt and unfunded liabilities and doesn't have the revenues to meet those obligations and provide an adequate level of services to its people, who pay the highest taxes per capita in Michigan.

«When we talk about the risks looming on the horizon, one of the risks has to do with the high level of public and private debt.»

The framework of the deal, which you can read in this formal statement issued at the end of the latest conference, does make progress in helping Greece bring down its debt level by potentially inflicting losses onto official creditors.

«If I find fault with a company's balance sheet, especially with the level of debt relative to the assets or cash flows, I will abort our analysis, unless there is a compelling reason to do otherwise» Ed Wachenheim

Have a look at debtclock.ca for the level of federal debt through the forties to the mid-seventies; see the spike in the curve at that point to a high level that has been maintained ever since How do you explain that, Mr. Morneau?

Australian Private Debt Is At Record Level And The Housing Bubble Has POPPED, Most People Don't Know How Money Is Created (fractional reserve) And How It Can...

Well run companies with low debt levels and diverse operations should do well in such an environment.

This puts central banks in a position where they will have attempt to control interest rates not by discounting lending, but by buying debt from the government directly, so that markets don't price the new issuance at a level that would destroy the nation's ability to service a debt load that is growing larger all the time.

Despite the difficulties endured during the era of post-Lehman austerity, commercial and private - sector debt levels are low: Nonperforming loans are below 5 % and the banking system, unlike those of Poland or Hungary, did not have to tackle the fallout from high levels of foreign currency loans, because low interest rates and a stable Czech koruna meant these weren't taken up in large quantities.

Contrary to the incessant spin that debt levels and prices don't matter, they most certainly do when the payments begin to rise on those artificially inflated assets.

Debt is at record levels, and we know consumers are biting off more than they can chew financially, so does this lead to more problems down the road?»

At this stage, the level of debt does not seem likely to be acting as a major constraint on household spending.

So why doesn't China pay Venezuelan debt in American Dollars and Gain an appropriate level of control of Venezuela oil.

For example, if you're single, have a stable job, low debt levels, you're planning for retirement in 40 years, and risk doesn't bother you, you can consider putting 80 % to 90 % of your investments in risk - type assets.

I don't recall if they provided any guidance on how long it would take to reduce the debt to preferred levels.

Fierce competition, Brazil and high debt levels are problems that don't easily go away.

However, developed countries always have higher levels of private debt than developing countries do, partly due to very low access to credit and credit cards in developing countries.

Much as I think the expansion has a good deal further to run, I suspect that a significant number of households have chosen a debt level which makes sense in good times, but does not take into account the fact that bad times inevitably will occur at some time or other.

What I would like to do tonight is to examine household debt from several perspectives in order to form a judgment on whether its current level poses risks for the economy, and what those risks might be.

When the economy really does get bad, inflation will increase and the real value of the debt will be reduced to a fraction of its current level.

And don't forget the irresistible techno - imperatives of biotechnology, terrorism, political correctness, the reduction of higher education to low - level techno - vocationalism, the emptying out of American religion, the unmanageable debt, our demoralized and underfunded military, and the surge of the Chinese.

Australia's big conglomerates now, such as Wesfarmers, were doing a fine job, but it was easier to manage debt levels with current interest rates of 5 per cent or so.

sorry this is a bit of the subject does anyone know what the situation with our overall debt is at the moment and what our repayments are i was under the impression that we are at about the # 245 million mark gross debt and about # 97 net debt are the stadium repayments lower now or something is the bonds interest dropped lower inprice we were paying something like # 20 - # 30 million in repayments but heard its down to about # 15 million per yr now i know we will have broken throught the # 300 million mark in revenue now i am guessing that contributes more to the transfer funds or if not what makes up the transfer funds in the club i.e deals or match day revenue plus cash in the bank which stands at a high level but must be just in case we might default on a payment we need heavy cash in hand to bail us out this side of the club really intrigues me as it is not a much talked about subject unless you are into that type of area of work or care about the general fianacial outcome of the club does anyone have more insight into our finances would be great to hear from anyone about this matter cheers gonerwineverything (because we are)

But I don't believe we want to see our club having the same level of debt as Liverpool.

If we don't get debt levels down over time, the subsequent crisis could take us over the brink.»

Unfortunately, political incentives don't work as well as market forces as evidenced by the massive level of student debt.