Sentences with phrase «declining debt ratio»

A declining debt ratio should be your «fiscal anchor», not the elimination of the deficit by some arbitrary date.

In the Fall Update, the government will not only be able to show the elimination of the deficit (something no other G - 7 country has achieved) one year earlier than targeted, but also to show a declining debt ratio, rapidly approaching the government's target of 25 per cent, the lowest since the 1960s

Not exact matches

«With world GDP growth running above potential, the debt - to - GDP ratio continues to decline,» the IIF said.

Their newest paper uses historical data from multiple countries to show that an increase in the ratio of household debt to gross domestic product over a three - to - four - year period predicts a decline in economic growth.

The chain has a 27 % debt - to - sales ratio, high enough to pose problems if its revenue decline accelerates.

«While it's too early to tell, we just might have seen the peak in the debt ratio in Q3, as Q1 will no doubt see a sizable decline due to seasonality,» said Benjamin Reitzes, Canadian rates and macro strategist at the Bank of Montreal.

In addition, the federal debt - to - GDP ratio declines steadily after 2011 - 12 to just over 30 %.

Although the household debt to net worth ratio has declined considerably from its peak, it is still around 26 percent, well above the already elevated average of the past decade (Chart 19).

The federal net debt ratio is low and declining and is quite sustainable.

The paper concludes that with the policy changes to date, including budget cuts and the changes to the Canada Health Act and to the elderly benefit system, the federal government will have a long - term sustainable fiscal structure characterized by a declining debt to GDP ratio.

Under the Canada Economic Action Plan the deficit will be eliminated by 2015 - 16; although total net public debt will have increased by $ 150 billion, the debt ratio will have declined to 33.0 per cent in 2015 - 16 and reach the government's target of 25 percent by 2019 - 20; program spending will fall to below 13 percent of GDP and will continue to fall thereafter; public sector jobs have been eliminated; and income and corporate taxes have been cut.

The ratio of debt - to - GDP is at already at 30 per cent and, without any reduction in debt, is forecast to decline to levels that haven't been seen in half a century.

The debt - to - GDP ratio stood at 33.8 % in 2011 - 12 and was already projected to decline before the 2013 budget.

In proposing balanced budget legislation, the Harper Government has indicated that the debt - to - GDP ratio will continue to decline below its target of 25 per cent of GDP.

«We have shown in this budget a very responsible approach,» he said, adding that the debt - to - GDP ratio, a measure of the debt to the size of the economy, will continue to decline.

Still, the debt - to - GDP ratio has declined for four consecutive quarters, and 34 of the 47 countries in the survey have lower ratios than they had a year earlier.

Hold debt levels static, and that rate of economic decline would force Italy's debt to GDP ratio to rise to 122 % from 118 % - clearly the wrong direction if the hope is to ease long - term solvency concerns.

But a deeper decline in Italy's economy this year that pushed debt to GDP ratios materially higher would likely catch bond investors» attention, and then ultimately the attention of global stock investors.

Third was a debt - to - GDP ratio that declined every year.

In both scenarios the debt to GDP ratio would decline to below 30 per cent.

While Budget 2018 - 19 does forecast a decline in the debt - to - GDP ratio over the next five years, the decline is entirely the result of economic growth, as government debt will continue to grow for the next five years due to deficit spending though at least 2022 - 23.

In fact the government has explicitly rejected deficit elimination as a fiscal anchor and instead replaced it with a fiscal plan «anchored by a low and consistently declining debt - to - GDP (gross domestic product) ratio.»

With this deficit, the debt - to - GDP ratio will rise from 31 per cent to 31.8 per cent before declining to 31.1 per cent in 2017 - 18.

Importantly, this decline has allowed households to borrow roughly twice as much relative to income as was possible in the late 1980s, while maintaining a given debt - servicing ratio.

The U.S. debt burden continues to grow, while the median debt / GDP ratio for its peer group of countries has declined since 2013.

«The Comptroller's report is certainly correct that the state's fiscal position is much improved, but it ignores key facts — most notably that state debt has declined for four consecutive years for the first time in more than 50 years and our debt affordability ratio is at its lowest level since the 1960s,» said DOB spokesman Morris Peters.

The Finance Minister's claim that the public debt to GDP ratio has declined to 63 % debt to GDP ratio is plain wrong because had he used the debt stock at the end of Q1 2016 and divided it by the GDP result realised in Q1 2016 he would have obtained 71 % in current 2016 dollars.

As for the Minister's claim that the Debt - to - GDP ratio has declined in percentage terms from 72 % to 63 %, he presents no data to back this computation whichcontroverts the debt sustainability analysis his own Ministry has been conducting with the Debt - to - GDP ratio has declined in percentage terms from 72 % to 63 %, he presents no data to back this computation whichcontroverts the debt sustainability analysis his own Ministry has been conducting with the debt sustainability analysis his own Ministry has been conducting with the IMF.

The chancellor, George Osborne, certainly plans more austerity, hoping to achieve a budget surplus and a rapidly declining debt - to - GDP ratio by the end of the decade (four years later than he originally predicted).

Following the adoption and implementation of the HIPC initiative and the Government's policy framework of fiscal discipline, the country's debt to GDP ratio had declined from 189 % in 2000 to 32 % of GDP.

In the presentation of the supplementary budget in July 2016, the Minister of Finance stated that Ghana's debt to GDP ratio has declined from 72 % in December 2015 to 63 % in May 2016.

The Finance Minister indicated that, the current debt to GDP ratio is about 71 percent, whiles noting that «for the first time in over 12 years, since the declaration of HIPC [Ghana assuming the status of a Highly Indebted Poor Country], we have seen the rate at which we actually accumulate debt decline.»

Decline in Long Term Debt Higher Current Ratio Than Previous Period Number of Shares of Stock < Than Previous Period

For instance, if you plan to apply for mortgage loan, your application may be declined if your debt to income ratio is above 43 % except your lender is a small creditor.

Meanwhile, the debt service ratio — the amount of interest paid on mortgage and non-mortgage debt as a proportion of disposable income — declined to 6.8 per cent, an «all - time low,» according to Statistics Canada.

And the company's net debt to cash flow ratio has been slowly declining for a few years now, with a further drop expected by the end of the year.

The increase in the debt - to - income ratio is the result of income growth which slowed even more and a decline in disposable income brought on by lower investment earnings and higher taxes.

I'll increase their P / E to 14, but the continued Energy - led decline in their operating margin (to a likely 1.8 %) now deserves a 0.175 Price / Sales ratio (plus a small / positive debt adjustment to reflect further acquisition capacity).

«The federal debt - to - GDP ratio has accelerated in recent years to levels unseen in the U.S. since the post - World War II decline.

Judged on the basis of the typical debt - to - income ratio, the decline in household indebtedness among younger households has not been uniform.

* This evaluation is based on a well - established pattern of budget surpluses at the federal level, except during exceptional circumstances such as the financial crisis, leading to declining government debt and debt ratios since the 1990s

I think this example is pretty instructive as it shows that a declining US household debt to income ratio resulted in a lower growth rate but not a complete collapse in their economy (of course excluding the 2008 - 09 recession which was short - lived).

The ratio of debt - to - book assets declined 95 basis points in 2017.

But a deeper decline in Italy's economy this year that pushed debt to GDP ratios materially higher would likely catch bond investors» attention, and then ultimately the attention of global stock investors.

Those periodic special dividends are feasible because of the firm's immaculate balance sheet, which has almost no debt, relatively high cash levels (relative to the size of the company and its acquisitions), and a high current ratio (i.e. the company's short - term assets cover its short - term liabilities by more than three-fold, thus protecting it from unexpected negative financial strains, such as during recessions when demand from restaurants can lead to declining sales, earnings, and cash flow).

Though there is somewhat of a decline your credit score due to the fact that you have a brand - new installment loan — on which there is no history of successful payments — that is typically more than offset by the improvement in your credit utilization ratio and the decline in the number of debts with outstanding balances on them.

KO revenues are growing, earnings per share are growing, the number of shares outstanding is declining due to share buybacks, the dividend is growing, the payout ratio has been stable over the last 10 years and the quick ratio, current ratio and debt / equity ratios look great.

If the Debt Coverage Ratio is just above 1, then with a small decline of NOI the investor will need put cash from his own pocket in order to continue paying in full the mortgage payments.

This year, the company's total debt to capital ratio will reach 70.3 percent, with its net debt at approximately $ 118 million, according to a report from Barclays Capital, while its same - store sales are projected to decline by another 1.5 percent.

In subsequent quarters, the ratio experienced a slow increase between 2009 and 2011, largely reflecting a decline in mortgage debt, but also a modest decrease in home values.