Sentences with phrase «interest than government»

Pools created by such nongovernmental issuers generally offer a higher rate of interest than government and government - related pools because there are no direct or indirect government or agency guarantees of payments in the former pools.

However, corporate bonds have a comparatively shorter maturity period that government bonds and pays more interest than government bonds as well.

Some may be written by private lenders who charge much higher rates of interest than government student loans.

Not exact matches

At that point, interest payments would absorb more than $ 1 in $ 5 of federal revenue, crippling the government's capacity to bolster the economy, and constraining the private sector too.

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.

In fact, a recent study in the American Journal of Public Health finds that the EPA «has moved away from the public interest and explicitly favored the interests of the regulated industries,» and is on the slippery slope to what scholars term «regulatory capture,» in which a government agency makes rules in the interest of an industry it's supposed to regulate rather than the public.

It's similar to the U.S. government's quantitative easing, but rather than trying to buy government bonds to push interest rates lower — rates are already at zero — the goal is to push the yen down and combat chronic deflation.

The lobbyist added that several major firms were more interested in making deals with the Trump administration that could affect their bottom lines, such as tax repatriation, than getting caught in politically charged fights over government surveillance.

And if interest rates go up, the government would have to pay much more to finance the more than $ 14 trillion in Treasury debt held by investors.

Despite more than paying for itself — by its own reckoning, Ex-Im Bank has returned $ 7 billion to the U.S. Treasury in the last two decades through interest on guaranteed loans and credit insurance — the 80 - year - old government - run financial institution is a sunset agency.

The Federal Reserve's ultra-low interest - rate policy since the financial crisis may have lent support to a listless economy and made the government's massive debt a lot easier to finance, but it's been more than hard on retirees and conservative savers.

As the Christian Science Monitor noted, that's probably a more realistic concern for China, which holds $ 1.3 trillion in U.S. government bonds, than Washington missing interest or principal payments.

The simplified explanation for this aberrant investing disaster was a dramatic rise in interest rates during the period: Rates on long - term government bonds went from 4 % at year - end 1964 to more than 15 % in 1981.

Stephen Poloz says Ottawa's recent spending on programs, such as enhanced child benefits and infrastructure, have lifted the economy and pushed interest rates to a level higher than they would have been without government stimulus.

The government beat this projection by nearly $ 1.6 billion — by taking $ 1 billion from reserve, keeping spending levels $ 600 million less than projected, and through $ 335 million of savings from lower than anticipated interest rates on government debt.

Auditor general Bonnie Lysyk's report noted that the government now spends more on debt interest than it does on post-secondary education, and those interest costs are growing.

(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

Nothing is more important to advancing freedom in the global economy and the liberties of the world's peoples than is breaking up the powerful cartel of businesses and governments in the U.S. and E.U. which have created and administer those rules for the world they have established to serve their own interests.

Falling tax revenues pushed government budgets even further into deficit, and rising interest rates increased rather than lowered prices.

But new renewable energy targets from Alberta and Saskatchewan, along with the federal government's interest in getting more clean energy onto the grid, mean that 2015 should be an anomaly, rather than the start of a negative trend.»

But rather than giving the government an interest - free loan all year, wouldn't you have preferred to have an extra $ 241.25 per month in your paycheck?

Ryan Avent pointed out that even if we enacted Trump's massive tax cuts and spending increaes, adding $ 34 trillion in new debt over the next two decades, our ratio of debt to GDP two decades from now would still be 30 percentage points less than Japan's government debt ratio is right now... and the market is still buying their negative interest rate long term debt...

The IMF added that if growth was lower than expected or if the Greek government failed to meet targets for running a surplus on its budget excluding interest payments, there would be «significant increases in debt and gross financing needs».

Though borrowers with excellent credit, or borrowers with cosigners with excellent credit, may receive a loan with an interest rate lower than the government offers, it is uncommon.

«The Liberal government has once again demonstrated that they are more interested in their public image than meaningful and measured criminal law reform.

Some may poo poo paying interest, but I say paying interest with other people's money to build wealth is much better than paying taxes to the government.

There are so many reasons why this is wrong (to list just the most obvious, poor countries have much lower debt thresholds than rich countries, Japanese debt can not possibly be dismissed as not being a problem, and because it is almost impossible to find an economist who understands the relationship between nominal interest rates and implicit amortization, Japanese government debt has probably only been manageable to date because GDP growth close to zero has permitted interest rates close to zero) and yet inane comparisons between China's debt burden and Japan's debt burden are made all the time.

The federal government can borrow at a much lower interest rate than the other jurisdictions, given its strong credit position.

Although, in rare cases private student loans can offer a better interest rate than those available through the federal government, in most cases the interest rates and loan repayment terms available through federal loans are better for borrowers.

Namely, private loans tend to have much higher interest rates than loans that are offered through the federal government.

Shoving people into positions of power at Federal agencies that were created to protect the public interest based on little more than Trump's gut instinct that his picks will show him the requisite personal loyalty that he demands is undermining the Federal government's ability to do its job.

Having recently called out the federal government for failing to provide a justification for its decision to approve Shell's Jackpine mine oil sands expansion project (an approach that serves no interest other than the government's, as even industry would stand to benefit from knowing why one project is justified while another, e.g. Taseko's original Prosperity mine, is not), it was reassuring to see that at least this Joint Review Panel (JRP) shares my understanding of this obligation under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, SC 2012, c 19.

So what Singapore is doing, which I think is so interesting and is a reminder that there are much more radical fusions of left wing and right wing ideas than people give credit for, is the government is overwhelmingly regulating both supply and prices to keep costs down.

The idea that real interest rates — that is, adjusted for inflation — will be lower than they have been historically is reflected in the pronouncements of policymakers such as Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen, the medium - term forecasts of official agencies such as the Congressional Budget Office and the International Monetary Fund and the pricing of government bonds whose payments are tied to inflation.

Those are big things to balance, but the fact that the government has indicated [it's] interested in the question is a good sign and if [it's] going to talk about more than just length of leave, it could be a significant opportunity to make life better for families.»

If you have a subsidized loan and your monthly IBR payment is less than the interest that accrues each month, the government will pay the difference for the first three years and your overall balance won't increase.

In addition, general government interest payment - to - revenues will likely remain at around 12 % over the upcoming years, substantially higher than the 2 % average during 2010 - 2014.

-LRB-...) Government debt sales will more than double this year, to a net $ 1.44 trillion by JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s estimate, raising the specter of buyers» fatigue just as the Federal Reserve is shrinking its $ 4.4 trillion balance sheet and raising interest rates.

Although I don't pretend to understand all the «ins & outs» of banking, public financing, etc., it seems to me to be self - evident that if Canadian governments at all levels were able to borrow, at low or preferably no interest rates, to finance infrastructure projects and other issues such as health care and education, rather than indebting Canadians in perpetuity in order to pay big interest payments to the greedy Big Banks, it would ultimately be in the best interests of most ordinary Canadians.

I welcome this opportunity to talk about prospects for banks in Australia, a topic of possibly more than usual interest to many of you following the Government's recent decisions to further open up banking in this country.

Plus it takes the government more than 20 % of tax revenue each year just to pay INTEREST on its debt — and that's at a time when rates are actually NEGATIVE.

The central bank obediently issued GKOs (government treasury bills) paying interest rates higher than 100 per cent annually, subsequently scaled back to a more «Latin American - type» level of about 25 percent.

For example, the cost for the Indonesian government to borrow money for a decade rose more than half a percentage point, to 4.8 percent; similarly eye - popping interest rate increases occurred in countries including Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Russia, and Poland.

Inflation - protected securities would likely outperform nominal government bonds amid higher - than - expected U.S. inflation, but stocks might not easily stomach a sharp upturn in interest rates or Federal Reserve (Fed) hawkishness.

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It's also interesting to examine the changing significance and dynamics of the European bond market in general, which has almost doubled in size since 2005 to more than $ 10 trillion today, including government, investment - grade corporate debt and high yield.

Opponents counter that the TPP is far more than trade deal — it is an unprecedented set of rules created to increase the profits of transnational corporations and grant them extraordinary powers to override governments that enact legislation in the public interest.

«No matter the fate of Bill 214, I expect swift and meaningful action from the government and all Members of the Assembly to protect our democracy from those who are more concerned with winning than ensuring the voice of the people is heard and the public interest is served.»