Low interest rates helped fuel the real estate and stock market bubble by making
the debt side of the balance sheet less expensive, creating a «wealth effect» as people came to believe that rising property and stock - market prices would be able to pay off their obligations.
Certainly, consider taking a long look at
the debt side of your balance sheet before you retire.
The share buyback program might help Macerich manage its stock price, but what about
the debt side of its balance sheet?
Not exact matches
Brian Porter told a University
of Toronto conference that he had a «different perspective» from the International Monetary Fund's recent warning and said they should look at the «other
side of the
balance sheet» which has «kept pace or outgrown the size
of the
debt.»
Much like the buildup
of plaque deposits in human veins and arteries, an accumulation
of debt gained momentum exponentially until the economy crashed, wiping out bad
debts — along with savings on the other
side of the
balance sheet.
But even if this is all there were to
debt — and in fact in my classes at both Peking University and, previously, at Columbia University I propose to my students that one way to think
of the lability
side of the
balance sheet is precisely as a series
of formulae that distribute the operating earnings
of a company (or the total production
of goods and services
of a country)-- this would still make it singularly important in understanding the functioning
of and prospects for an economy.
For financial saving, one party's saving deposit, loan or credit appears as another party's
debt on the opposite
side of the
balance sheet.
On the other
side of the household
balance sheet, the
debt of the household sector has continued to grow rapidly, increasing by 14 1/2 per cent over the year to March.
Easier access to credit and greater
debt availability have helped many Americans afford major purchases such as homes, which have strengthened the asset
side of their
balance sheets, as well as college degrees, which have become increasingly necessary in the competitive labor market.
Marks, like cohorts at Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investor Services, looks at the
debt side of the equation, where he maintains that shopping center REITs have healthy
balance sheets and relatively low leverage levels.