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And while Macdonald did not look into it, other studies have pointed to another major influence China has had lately on many countries, including Canada: how its high savings rate and mounting foreign currency reserves, much of it invested in benchmark U.S. government debt, have depressed interest rates around the world.

If the U.S. doesn't exempt Canadian government debt under Volcker, then it would «significantly impede» how the banks handle their liquidity and funding requirements.

And in October or November, according to the latest estimates by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the government will once again hit its self - imposed debt ceiling, a legislated limit on how much the country can borrow.

Tomorrow, in part three of our four - part series «Why we can't stop spending,» we look at how government policy has aided and abetted Canadians» slide into unsustainable debt.

Governments and households are teetering on the edge of a debt cliff, but a new book suggests how we can avoid falling.

lawsuit against the government of Argentina over how that country handled restructuring of its debt.

As you can see, although Alberta was the worst offender in terms of the discrepancy between how big the government predicted the deficit was going to be in fiscal 2013 ($ 882 million) and how big it expects it to be now ($ 3.9 billion), it is still the only province without net debt (that is the accumulated total of annual deficits, which, in turn, result from the government spending more than it generates in revenues every year).

What's not being discussed, however, is how the crackdown could threaten one of the government's other main priorities: managing debt.

Indeed, as part of the 2015 election, all political parties should be asked how they view the role of the federal government in the economy; what size of government (i.e. debt ratio) are they looking for; and how would they achieve it?

Unfortunately, most Canadians seem to have drunk the conservative fiscal «grape juice» that all deficits and debt are bad and that any government that would run a deficit, no matter how small, is not a government to be trusted with managing the country's finances.

It is important to understand how debt payments are managed in order to recognize that whether or not China's debt burden is socialized has very little to do with the resolution of China's debt burden (aside from the fact that it never was «off» the government balance sheet in any meaningful way), just as analysts must recognize that an unsustainable increase in debt is embedded into China's current growth model, and is not an accidental bit of bad luck.

Economic developments determine how much revenue the government collects and how large public debt charges will be.

From now on, we will be tracking the monthly and cumulative fiscal numbers to see how big those deficits could be and what they mean for the government's goal of a stable debt to GDP ratio

I have 2 questions: 1) How does the recent announcement of plans to open up the Chinese financial economy to foreign firms change the equation of «control» by the Chinese government 2) How do you envision the scenario where we reach maximum debt capacity and a transition into a low growth scenario?

The speed with which China's GDP growth slows in 2013 will tell us a lot about how determined Beijing is to rebalance the economy in such a way that growth is driven more by higher household income and consumption and less by investment funded by rising government and government - related debt.

I trust and hope that our government will insist on debt restructuring, but I can't see how the German finance minister is ever going to sign up to this in the forthcoming Eurogroup meeting.

One major question on Wall Street is if the long - term downtrend in rates has now reversed, how will the government pay for all of this new debt on top of the old debt?

One tool that we use to help determine how EM sovereign bonds stack up: our BlackRock Sovereign Risk Index (BSRI) rankings of government debt.

With the Syriza party winning the early Greek election and forming an anti-austerity coalition government, all eyes are on how the new government will manage debt negotiations with the Troika ---- the ECB, European Commission and International Monetary Fund.

Energy and Capital editor Christian DeHaemer yells at the government, discusses how student debt is getting out of hand and talks about how the government only growing and never shrinking could be a way for investors to profit from their negligence.

Now, government officials are considering how to rein in costs — and investigate the impact Americans» student debt burden is having on our economy.

And so for example, if you look at U.S. government debt, which is the one almost everyone always talks about, most people aren't sitting there worrying about how much debt does Amazon have, when you look at government debt, interest payments on government debt as a percent of GDP or as a percent of tax revenue, currently because interest rates are relatively low, are very low, are running half, literally half of what they were in the second half of the»80s and the first half of the»90s.

How are these giveaways less inflationary than for central banks to directly finance budget deficits and roll over government debts?

I guess I feel the same way about a liberal agenda that say that to get out of debt we have to spend more, or that my tax dollars have to pay for something I think is morally wrong (Obamacare sets up a fund to pay for late term abortions) or a government that confiscates kids lunches, or tells me how much soda I can drink, or uses my tax money to choose winners and losers (mostly losers but Obma doners) in energy production that produces no energy yet we are sitting on more coal and oil than any other nation on the planet.

But to the extent that it ignores the finger Lincoln points at the Civil War — to the extent that it forgets the decimation of a generation of young Americans at the beginnings of manhood; to the extent that it forgets the windrows of corpses at Shiloh, the odor of death in the Wilderness, the walking skeletons of Andersonville, 623,000 dead all told, not to mention the interminable list of those crippled, orphaned, and widowed whose pensions became the single largest bill paid by the federal government for the following half - century; to the extent that it ignores how the war cost the United States $ 6.6 billion, rocketed the national debt from $ 65 million to $ 2.7 billion, retarded commodity growth for the next thirty years, and devalued its currency — then the call for reparations opens itself up to a charge of willful forgetfulness so massive that resentment, anger, and bitterness, rather than justice, will (I fear) be its real legacy.

By the time Congress gets to a vote on the debt ceiling, the only option available to rational legislators» no matter how conservative or liberal» is to continue enabling the government shopaholic by increasing Uncle Sam's credit line.

And now it's emerged both central government departments say they are «still learning how and where to make use of debt collection agencies» resources and expertise».

This is how it works: Amid the European economic crisis, you buy up cheap sovereign bonds of government debt, sold at a discount.

Our children are going to have to pay higher taxes for years as a result of irresponsible spending by the last government - and in case you think I'm biased - I was a card carrying Labour party member until I found out how much we are in debt due to overspending on such things as CTF.

It is unclear how the immediate past National Democratic Congress government accrued the debt, particularly when about 452 prospective pilgrims could not make the trip, and yet their monies were not refunded to them.

Worldwide, markets have been roiled thanks in part to the ongoing Greek debt crisis, but also the United States's own issues with government debt and the federal government's inability to determine how to close the budget deficit.

Treasury Minister Justine Greening explained how the shock contraction of the UK economy proved that the government was right to «have a plan to reduce this deficit to start tackling our debt.»

You know how we're always talking about government debt?

Now, in the present mess of economic policies put forth by most governments in our world, he explains how the debt and trade imbalances will eventually have to balance.

Another way to look at mortgage points is to consider how much cash you can afford to pay at the loan - closing table, says Mark Palim, vice president of applied economic and housing research for Fannie Mae, a government - owned company that buys mortgage debt.

As of the first quarter of 2012, Turkey had a public debt balance equal to 43 % of annual GDP, making it one of the better financed governments in all of Europe (see how the fiscal strength of many emerging markets like Turkey in High Yield International Bond ETFs can deliver strong returns with low correlation).

The Department of Education has just released guidance on how it will handle bankruptcy discharge requests for government backed student loan debt.

Moreover, how could the US government ever renege on its debts?

I've been going on - and - on about a July 7th, 2015 statement put out by the U.S. Department of Education that talked about how the government has made allowances to approve the discharge of federal student loan debt through...

(We have two different government - backed servicers so I was wondering how they'd know our AGI but Student Loan debt separate.)

(Thought: how do swaps on US government debt pay off?

When the government created the bankruptcy rules, they had to decide how to balance the need to eliminate your debts, with the rights of the creditors who loaned you the money in the first place.

I've been going on - and - on about a July 7th, 2015 statement put out by the U.S. Department of Education that talked about how the government has made allowances to approve the discharge of federal student loan debt through bankruptcy, in some situations; namely, under the «Undue Hardship» clause of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, under the exception rule commonly known as 11 U.S.C. § 523 (a)(8).

If you are one of those people knowing how to get out from under the burden of debt is an important thing, and there are many ways that the government can help you do so.

So how might one invest in an environment where corporate and government debts have skyrocketed, asset prices have hit extremes and the Federal Reserve is committed to raising borrowing costs?

Speaking in a television interview with BNN, Mr. Carney issued his third stern warning on the issue in less than a week, underscoring how concerned the central bank and the federal government have become about the fact that Canadians» debt - to - income ratio is now higher than Americans» for the first time in a dozen years.

We talked earlier about how private student loans and government student debt are not the same.

Others criticized the B.C. government's timing; offering a financial incentive just as new debt numbers were released, which show how Canadians have reached new levels of consumer debt.

The research and analysis collected here explore how the U.S. funds postsecondary education, how that support varies across levels of government, how students and families interact with lending programs, and the challenges associated with student debt.