But residents in Alaska and Washington, D.C., have
the lowest average debt amounts at $ 1,611 and $ 2,286.
The US has one of
the lowest average debt maturities in the developed world.
The three states with
the lowest average debt per borrower were Utah ($ 18,772), New Mexico ($ 20,776), and Wyoming ($ 22,683).
It's not a huge surprise that students in Wyoming have the seventh -
lowest average debt — Wyoming has no private schools, so the most expensive school in the state is a public school.
Iowa had
the lowest average debt for bank - issued credit cards at $ 4,267, followed by North Dakota, where borrowers» average debt was $ 4,414.
State schools, including SUNY Plattsburgh, have seen tuition increase $ 300 each year, a total increase of 30 percent over the past half - decade (But one silver lining for the North Country: Students here have
the lowest average debt load than anywhere in the state.)
States with
lower average debt per graduate values were ranked higher on the list.
Not exact matches
And its current
debt - to - Ebitda ratio of 2.6, below the industry
average, suggests that it has more flexibility to withstand sustained
low prices than many of its competitors.
«The
average medical
debt in Massachusetts in 2013 was relatively
low at just $ 3,041 (6 percent of total unsecured
debt) compared to $ 8,594 (20 percent of total unsecured
debt) nationwide,» Austin writes in his 2014 study, portions of which were published in the Maine Law Review.
Despite
lower pay, women handle credit more responsibly than men, on
average, according to Experian, which reports that men have a 7 percent higher incidence of late mortgage payments and 4.3 percent more
debt than women.
They rank above
average in delinquency rates on all types of
debt and rank in the top 10 for
lowest rates of auto loan delinquency and credit - card delinquency.»
Egged on by
low interest rates and lax lending standards, they've acquired massive
debt — 165 % of their disposable incomes, on
average.
Public
debt charges were down $ 200 million or 0.7 per cent due mainly to a
lower average effective interest rate.
Students should also have flexibility to study in the areas they're most interested in, she said, and to opt for the degrees with
lower tuition, especially given that the
average student will graduate university with $ 28,000 in
debt.
Second, the
average time to maturity on U.S.
debt is six years, meaning that most of the
low - yielding bonds now on the books will be exchanged for more expensive
debt over the next decade.
Examples of such projects providing marginal benefits are: improving financial reporting systems through better information technology, minor tweaks to supply chain logistics, cutting back on marketing or increasing
low - cost advertising (like social media), «rationalization» of head count, holding
average wages as
low as possible, squeezing suppliers a little bit, not repatriating earnings to stave off taxation, refinancing rather than retiring
debts, and the share buyback that is insensitive to a company's current stock price.
CVX's
debt - to - equity ratio is very
low at 0.21 and is currently below that of the industry
average, implying that there has been very successful management of
debt levels.
Based on the huge jump in credit card
debt to an all - time high and the decline in the savings rate to a record
low in Q4 2017, it's most likely that the
average consumer «pre-spent» the anticipated gain from Trump's tax cut.
Now, consumers have to spend the $ 95 / month on
average they'll get from
lower paycheck withholdings paying down credit card
debt.
China is probably still a few years away from reaching its
debt limits, but the more
debt grows, the
lower the country's growth rate
average will be over the long term.
MINT is a
low - cost, actively - managed fund that seeks higher current income than the
average money market mutual fund by holding a hodgepodge of high - quality and ultra-short term USD - denominated
debt issued by domestic or foreign issuers.
At Ohio State University's Fisher School, for example, the
average EMBA
debt load is $ 37,347 — among the
lowest of any top ranked school reporting numbers.
It maintains a net
debt - to - EBITDA ratio of 4.8 x which is
lower than industry
average of ~ 6x.
Strong profitability,
low interest rates and a
debt burden well below historical peaks have all tended to hold down the interest burden of the corporate sector: as a share of gross operating surplus, net interest paid by the corporate sector remains well below historical
averages.
The crisis lasted through the 1990 bear market (which brought the Value Line index down to its 1987
low and cut the Transportation
Average in half) and abated by mid-1993, when the RTC had liquidated or paid off the
debts of 90 % of the failed institutions it had taken over.
Not surprisingly, data released this month from the the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's Investor Education Foundation, which seeks to promote financial literacy, reveal high school students who are required to take personal finance courses have better
average credit scores and
lower debt delinquency rates as young adults.
The decline to date in public
debt charges of $ 1.4 billion (8.9 %) largely reflects
lower average effective interest rates and
lower inflation adjustments on Real Return Bonds.
By international standards, however, the increases started from a
low base and household
debt ratios in Australia are currently not far from the
average of other industrial countries (Table 2).
Someone with poor or
average credit may be able to get an unsecured personal loan on the strength of a steady income and
low debt levels, but should expect rates toward the higher end of the range — up to 36 %.
This is because creditors
lowered interest rates and extended loan maturities (the
average maturity of Greece's
debt is now 16.5 years, double that of Germany and Italy).
In the modern world, the weighted
average global sales price of a slave is between $ 340 and $ 1,900 for the
average s.ex slave, and a
low of $ 40 to $ 50 for
debt bondage slaves in parts of Asia and Africa
Already Buhari has started giving excuses for the abysmal performance.He attributed the quagmire to drop in the price of oil globally and cleverly laid the blame on the doorsteps of all Nigerian accusing them of relying solely on oil.All renowned rating agencies including fitch continue to downgrade Nigeria ever since Buhari took over and it is projected that Nigeria will not be able to repay its
debt obligations.Fitch for instance downgraded Nigeria's longterm foreign currency issuer default rating to B + from BB - and longterm local currency IDR to BB - from BB.The general position expressed by almost all the Briton wood institutions is that Nigeria's fiscal and external vulnerability has worsened under Buhari and it is projected that the government's general fiscal deficit could grow up to 4.2 % by the end of 2016 after
averaging 1.5 % under the previous regime.A recent capital importation report by Nigeria Bureau of Statistics confirms that, last year, the country recorded total inflow of capital into the economy stood at $ 9.6 billion which was a 53 % drop from previous year and the
lowest recorded total since 2011.
«On
average, prosecutors remain the
lowest - paid law enforcement professionals in Nassau County despite the fact that most starting ADAs have accrued more than $ 100,000 in educational
debt for their training,» Tarek said.
The
average debt among graduates of State University of New York campuses was generally
lower than their private college counterparts.
Sure enough, the researchers found that companies with one or more women on the board delivered higher
average returns on equity,
lower gearing (that is, net
debt to equity) and better
average growth.
This is despite relatively
low levels of
average debt in these groups.
When asked to estimate how much is spent per pupil nationwide, the public makes an
average estimate of $ 10,155 — quite close to the Census Bureau's estimate of $ 10,608 in current spending per - pupil for 2012 and only modestly
lower than the Department of Education's estimate of $ 12,608 for 2011 (which includes capital and
debt expenses).
Majority of the stake is invested in
debt instruments resulting to
lower risk exposure & delivering
average yet constant returns.
On
average, student
debt balances of African Americans are the largest percentage of income, while Asian Americans enjoy the
lowest percentage.
My problem is that when i look for stocks i set very strict parameter rules like: — minimum dividend growth rate of 7 - 10 % in last years 10, 5 years
average — historical stocks that increased dividend at least for the last 15 years or paid historically (like BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA)-- very
low debt —
low payout ratio — historically (long term) stock price has been increasing etc...
Some of these factors include above
average earnings per - share growth rates, above
average return on equity, excess free cash flow,
low debt - to - equity ratios, and shareholder friendly management.
North and South Dakota, and Nebraska were among other states which came in with
low average credit card
debt per household — the three held an
average of $ 4,182.
You borrow money from a lender to pay off bills and you pay off all your credit cards and other
debts as one consolidated monthly payment to the lender, ideally at
lower average APR than your current rate.
Black householders carried the least
debt, with an
average of $ 6,172, which is 20 %
lower than the nationwide mean.
Companies for
debt consolidation offer better interest rates with most creditors than the
average consumer, enabling large reduction of payments through
lowering or even elimination of interest charges from your credit.
Pacific
Debt Inc. is a debt settlement company that boasts one of the lowest average settlement amounts, ranging between 15 to 22 perc
Debt Inc. is a
debt settlement company that boasts one of the lowest average settlement amounts, ranging between 15 to 22 perc
debt settlement company that boasts one of the
lowest average settlement amounts, ranging between 15 to 22 percent.
It only makes sense to consolidate if the interest rate on the new loan is
lower than the
average rate of the smaller
debts.
Assuming you're able to secure a
lower APR than the weighted
average cost of your existing
debt, a
debt consolidation loan can reduce your interest expenses over time.
Sometimes, in order to provide you with this single monthly payment, you are approved for a
debt consolidation loan with a
lower interest rate than the
average of your
debt's rates and a longer repayment schedule too.
Martin Zweig wanted a firm's
debt / equity ratio to be
low compared to its industry
average.