Sentences with phrase «government backed debt»

Within debt, which accounts for major chunk, the fund manager invests primarily in central and / or state government backed debt instruments where the risk associated is not material.

Not exact matches

Between 2008 and 2012, the federal government implemented a handful of ad - hoc policies meant to deter poorer households from taking on excessive debt, including the reduction of the maximum amortization period for government - backed home loans to 25 years from 40 years.

Similarly, after a period of stimulus spending that increased spending and debt, the government is moving its spending back to traditional levels.

The federal government has since regained control of its debt, and its debt - to - GDP ratio is almost back to pre-crisis levels.

The basic problem is that during each recession, governments increase their debt load to stimulate the economy and maintain (or even increase) services, but rarely cut back on their debt loads or services during the prosperous times — creating a long - term upward trend in indebtedness that Tony Boeckh of The Boeckh Investment Letter calls the «debt supercycle.»

As quid pro quo for lifting the U.S. government's debt ceiling last year, Republicans in Congress demanded $ 1.2 trillion worth of budget cuts over the next decade to drag Washington back into solvency.

Critics contend that a lack of direction could plague small governments who are trying to beat back debt obligations while at the same time providing services to their populations.

On the other hand, Yellen might decide to hold off scaling back the QE stimulus if the current government shutdown and debt - ceiling battle last long enough to take a sizable toll on the economy or end with a deal that entails more heavy - handed spending cuts.

Don't look to the taxing power of governments to bring sovereign debt back in line.

Goal: Free Entrepreneurs with any government back taxes, ridiculous child supports (which most of the money will go to the system not the child), unexplainable fines, medical bills, and debt.

(Bloomberg)-- An investment fund that's seeking a payout from the Cuban government on more than $ 1.3 billion in defaulted debt and back interest has hired the lawyer who won a settlement for hedge funds in a long - running legal battle against Argentina.

debt obligations of the U.S. government that are issued at various intervals and with various maturities; revenue from these bonds is used to raise capital and / or refund outstanding debt; since Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, they are generally considered to be free from credit risk and thus typically carry lower yields than other securities; the interest paid by Treasuries is exempt from state and local tax, but is subject to federal taxes and may be subject to the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT); U.S. Treasury securities include Treasury bills, Treasury notes, Treasury bonds, zero - coupon bonds, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), and Treasury Auctions

And if you don't pay back the taxes for a long time, the government will eventually enforce the lien by seizing and selling your property to satisfy the debt.

(Yes, despite recording two enormous back - to - back surpluses, the provincial government continues to borrow funds to service our $ 37 billion debt and to finance our sizeable capital expenditures.)

He also concludes that «raising its (the government's) deficit target back up to 1 per cent (from zero) makes more sense when there are other short - term - pain - for - long - term - gain initiatives that are needed to address more pressing objectives than lowering a debt ratio that is already the envy of the world.»

The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a market value — weighted index of investment - grade fixed - rate debt issues, including government, corporate, asset - backed, and mortgage - backed securities, with maturities of one year or more.

He said he would rather «cut off his arm» than accept another austerity bailout without any debt relief for Greece, adding that he was «quite confident» the Greek people would back the government's call for a no vote.

Indeed, the stock of local currency government debt securities outstanding for a representative sample of Asian markets has increased five-fold over the past 15 years (it's hard to go back much further).

Last week in London, for example, an analyst from a research company with whose views I am usually in strong sympathy and who herself is very bearish on China's growth prospects, airily dismissed Chinese debt concerns by pointing out that Chinese government debt, even after adding back estimates of losses in the banking system, is lower than that of the Japanese government, and because the government's debt burden has not been a problem in Japan it won't be a problem in China.

Voters back debt reduction over tax cuts: More voters overall believe the government should pay down debt rather than cut income tax — except those who face higher cost of living pressures.

There is no way the US government is ever going to pay back a $ 20 trillion federal debt.

The job growth is fake, there's been no wage growth since 1999, inflation numbers are false, government debt is too high, corporate profits are too low, corporate profits are unsustainably high, companies aren't reinvesting their profits, companies are buying back too much stock, the Federal Reserve is propping up the market, the Federal Reserve is keeping rates artificially low, and so on.

Cutting back government spending will reduce private - sector income, making it even harder to carry the corporate, real estate and personal debt overhead, so the debt problem will snowball.

The average Class of 2014 graduate with student - loan debt has to pay back some $ 33,000, according to an analysis of government data by Mark Kantrowitz, publisher at Edvisors, a group of web sites about planning and paying for college.

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.

In addition to its program to buy mortgage - backed debt, the Fed has been using proceeds from short - term government securities to buy longer - term ones.

TGR: Going back to the triple - witching hour at year - end, if the debt ceiling is raised again, when do we start to see government layoffs and limitations on services?

To qualify for a VA loan, you must prove that you have made good on previous government - backed debts, and that you have paid taxes.

This collateral (i.e., permissible vehicles investments) may include: (i) match - funded assets, and, (ii) debt securities, equity securities and other financial instruments issued or guaranteed by the US government or its agencies, sovereign governments, supra - national entities, corporations, financial institutions and asset - backed or mortgage - backed issuers that are the subject of credit support agreements.

Today money is debt, so when a person, company or a government has a debt, they are in fact promising to pay back a debt with more debt.

It's embarrassing that after a crisis that nobody saw, government policy continues pouring on more gas to fuel more speculation to get things (stocks, real estate, debt) back to the same place we were, or maybe even worse now...

I actually think something else is going on here — rather than talking about regulating the financial sector, the government and the Bank are signaling that they are willing to provide lender - of - last - resort assurances to those who sell or engage in derivative financial products, of which the asset - back mortgage and commercial debt are but two examples.

Look into government programs that can help you get back on your feet as you resolve your debt issues.

The government can withhold a portion of Social Security benefits to pay certain debts including back taxes, delinquent federal student loans, alimony and child support, Randall said.

PBO analysis suggests if the Finance (private sector) projections turn out as planned, the government will be back to structural surplus by 2015 and will be in a positive long term fiscal gap position (declining net debt relative to GDP in face of aging aging demographics).

Hartford Funds» new ETF joins two other already listed active fixed income ETFs sub-advised by Wellington (Hartford Corporate Bond ETF (NYSE: HCOR), an ETF focused on investment - grade corporate bonds, and Hartford Quality Bond ETF (NYSE: HQBD), a core bond ETF focused on investment grade debt, including mortgage - backed securities and US government securities).

The bond purchases were started March 2015 to help the eurozone bounce back from troubles over government and bank debt in several member countries including Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Cyprus, Spain and Italy.

In China, wealth management products are short - term investments, typically distributed through banks, backed by assets ranging from cash and government bonds to corporate debt and derivatives.

He gives a large percentage of his salary back to the government so they can repay their debt.

FTSE only rallying because of hedge funds playing games, government QE, stockmarket racketeering, companies (esp banks) issuing debt and buying back stock.

Instead, Labour will set out, in our general election manifesto, tough fiscal rules that the next Labour government will have to stick to - to get our country's current budget back to balance and national debt on a downward path.

If she is saying that the previous government has borrowed excessively and recklessly and she has come to inherit it, what she should do to bring the debt down is to pay back but she is rather borrowing.»

Mr. Speaker, Government streamlined ESLA flows to accommodate all the existing legacy debts (about GH cents 10 billion) owed by the energy sector firms to banks and suppliers, and took steps to issue an ESLA - backed bond to pay off these debts.

Mr. Speaker, Government also sponsored the issuance ofCedi - denominated medium - to - long - term bonds (7 and 10 year bonds) on the back of the ESLA receivables to facilitate the clearance of the sector's legacy debts.Again, the Akufo - Addo Government is determined to turn away from the mismangement of the energy sector in the past which led to the accumulation of billions of debts by entities, such as BOST, to managing these startegic entities with integrity and efficiency.

As for «paying back the debt» — unlike private citizens, governments are immortal and never have to pay off their debt in full.

He on numerous occasions accused the former NDC government of being corrupt and personally secured a ruling from the Supreme Court, directing NDC financier Alfred Agbesi Woyome to pay back a GHC 51 million judgement debt unlawfully paid him by the state.

The Minority in Parliament has chastised government's management of the economy citing the rising public debt stock as a situation that can take Ghana back to the status of HIPC [heavily indebted poor countries] by the end of 2019.

Gerard Terry, an influential political operative and chairman of the North Hempstead Democratic Committee, has for years received government work paying him hundreds of thousands of dollars even as he compiled an income tax debt of $ 1.4 million and battled lawsuits alleging fraud and failure to pay back loans, a Newsday review of public records shows.

«And that is particularly true when governments are so deeply in debt that they have to cut back their own spending programmes.

Ms Burrow also warned against the dangers of austerity: «Given a choice of economic policies, two - thirds of people support government action to invest in job creation to allow economies to grow and pay off debts compared with less than one in four who want debts paid off now by cutting back on government spending.»