Sentences with phrase «largest foreign debt»

State - controlled oil producer OAO Rosneft said it has paid back $ 7 billion of a bridge loan it had taken to acquire TNK - BP, the largest foreign debt repayment by a Russian company since Western sanctions were imposed.

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Such a decision by China, the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt at about...

Now, emerging markets have flexible - exchange rates, much less foreign debt, and substantially larger reserves of foreign currency.

In contrast to banks and other financial corporations, the non-financial sector's foreign currency liabilities have risen since 2009, consistent with an increase in borrowings in foreign debt markets by larger corporations (particularly in the mining sector).

Entities in smaller markets typically issue foreign currency debt in offshore bond markets because they can issue larger, lower - rated and / or longer - maturity bonds than they can (at least at comparable prices) in their domestic market.

For example, from: 1) the replenishment of foreign exchange buffers large enough to protect the economy against a protracted shock; 2) a significant reduction in government debt metrics; 3) a successful diversification of the economy and government revenues that will become less dependent on oil receipts; 4) continued improvements in governance and institutional strength which act as long — term constraints on Angola's rating.

According to the Bank for International Settlements, foreign claims on Italian debt total $ 936 Billion - that's larger than the combined foreign claims on the debt of Portugal, Ireland, and Greece.

China is the largest foreign holder of U.S. government debt.

Australian companies are keen to source debt locally to avoid expensive foreign exchange costs and are looking to develop lending relationships with the large superannuation funds.

Despite the difficulties endured during the era of post-Lehman austerity, commercial and private - sector debt levels are low: Nonperforming loans are below 5 % and the banking system, unlike those of Poland or Hungary, did not have to tackle the fallout from high levels of foreign currency loans, because low interest rates and a stable Czech koruna meant these weren't taken up in large quantities.

The reason the reaction was so large was that doubts began to emerge about whether the economic situation was sustainable, particularly in view of the implications for foreign debt.

China is the largest foreign holder of American debt, holding about $ 1.17 trillion in United States bonds, notes and bills in January, according to the Treasury Department.

And households are the third largest owner of individual Treasury debt, behind the foreign sector and the Fed itself.

The company is one of the public services that were swiftly privatized in recent years, supposedly to help pay the foreign debt (though the debt is now larger than ever).

«As of May 2011 the largest single holder of U.S. government debt was China, with 26 percent of all foreign - held U.S. Treasury securities (8 % of total US public debt).»

Japan is nearly as a large a creditor to the United States as China, each owning about 1 / 6th of the US debt that is held by foreign countries.

This average is certainly skewed by China's large foreign reserve holdings at 471 % of external debt, but China is not alone.

Easy availability of credit in the US, fueled by large inflows of foreign funds after the Russian debt crisis and Asian financial crisis of the 1997 — 1998 period, led to a housing construction boom and facilitated debt - financed consumer spending.

And households are the third largest owner of individual Treasury debt, behind the foreign sector and the Fed itself.

Large Canadian issuers running out of room in the Canadian debt markets, provincial and corporate, have historically financed in foreign currencies.

Plus, it offers well - diversified portfolios that hold a variety of assets, from large - company stocks (U.S. and foreign) to small - company stocks, U.S. and foreign bonds, high - yield debt, and even gold.

Apple, the company that orchestrated the largest 2014 share buyback, financed a significant part of its buyback program by issuing debt in order to avoid the tax required to repatriate its foreign - based cash reserves.

As of February 2012, $ 5.1 trillion, or approximately one half of the debt held by the public, was owned by foreign investors, the largest of which are China and Japan who both own over $ 1 trillion in treasury securities.

Now, the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt is China, which owns more than $ 1.24 trillion worth.

Meanwhile, Bloomberg reported in January that China, the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt, may reduce or cease U.S. debt purchases, causing market jitters.

I have a large passive income (not $ 500K) and I have it through leveraged ownership in foreign debt.

As large scale «trophy» assets become more difficult to source and as property prices continue to climb, foreign investors are increasingly looking to debt markets as a means of fulfilling their U.S. real estate allocations.