Sentences with phrase «sector debt»

The paper finds that there is an intimate relationship between the monetary / fiscal policy mix and the dynamics of both private sector and public sector debt accumulation.

Credit growth on that scale is not easy to achieve, especially given stagnant wages, the already high level of private sector debt and, now, increasing interest rates.

Given the fiscal situation of the provinces, it is highly unlikely that the elimination of the total government sector debt will be achieved in 2021.

The high level of private - sector debt makes the Canadian economy overly sensitive to tightening financial conditions.

If you account for all of those private sector assets (among others), net private sector debt is actually quite low and on par with the 70s.

«While China's total debt growth slowed notably in 2017 with a drop in the non-financial corporate debt - to - GDP ratio largely offset by rising household and financial sector debt,» the group said.

At that time, the main data sources on consumer debt consisted of loan - level data sets on specific categories of loans, such as mortgages, as well as aggregated data on household sector debt from the Board of Governors» Flow of Funds statistical release.

Economic growth seems to be on track, especially in the U.S., but it remains tentative and several potential catalysts (e.g., a terrorist attack, bad news from China, saber rattling from an emboldened Russia, a wave of energy sector debt defaults) could undermine growth and trigger a long overdue correction.

The rising uncertainty surrounding the country's ability to meet its medium - term targets for fiscal consolidation and public sector debt reduction, particularly given Hungary's increasingly constrained medium - term growth prospects.

In the Doug Purvis Memorial Lecture, Governor Stephen S. Poloz shows how changing the mix of monetary and fiscal policies can yield the same outcomes for growth and inflation, but lead to different results for public sector and private sector debt levels, which can impact financial stability.

New Zealand's dairy sector debt nearly tripled over the past decade to $ 30.5 billion in 2012 and some farmers will have difficulty servicing their loans in the year ahead, despite the prospect of a higher milk price, the Ministry for Primary Industries said.

Dairy products are New Zealand's largest commodity export and lower global prices are putting pressure on the nation's dairy farmers, weighing on the outlook for economic growth and putting dairy sector debt on the Reserve Bank's radar as a growing risk to financial stability.

Over the last few years, China's debt - to - GDP has ballooned to more than 300 percent from 160 percent a decade ago, causing many people, including Chinese officials, to warn of a financial - sector debt bubble that's waiting to burst.

They seem to be «blissfully» unaware of the huge and growing financial liability implied by public - sector debt loads.

While Ottawa's share of public sector debt shrunk from 62 per cent in 1991 to 33 per cent in 2011, the provinces and territories» grew from 34 to 47 per cent, according to Statistics Canada.

Its growing obligations to pay interest crowd out other categories of public spending, just as private sector debt service diverts money away from new investment and consumption.

The potential for shortfalls on implementation of austerity and structural reform are one risk, but our real concern is economic growth... While this plan should buy time up to the German election in the autumn of 2013, we expect additional measures to help Greek debt sustainability will be required beyond this date... In our opinion, something more substantial will be required, with official sector debt forgiveness a very real, but politically challenging, possibility.

The risk is that the threat of private - sector debt restructurings will lead to contagion in the form of bank runs and the loss of market access for weak sovereigns and banks.

As Adair Turner shows in his new book, Between Debt and the Devil, private sector debt soared as a share of GDP in most advanced economies after the 1980s, fuelling unproductive, debt financed household consumption, housing bubbles and wasteful financial speculation.

Puerto Rico's total public sector debt adds up to 104 percent of GDP and it's multiples of the roughly $ 20 billion involved in Detroit's restructuring, for example.

(a) Expanding the Green Investment Bank's scale and remit as fast as possible, including relaxing the restriction on its ability to borrow before total public sector debt begins to fall.

However, in 2013, under President Mahamas first year administ ration, the total public sector debt stock as at the end of September 2013 was GHc46.1 billion (53.5 %) of GDP up from GHc35.1 billion at the end of December 2012, Between December, 2012 and September, 2013, former President Mahama's administration added about GHc11 billion to the total debt stock, as against the GHcl6.8 billion the Nana Akufo.

An Ernst & Young study of 430 loan transactions by 15 community - development financial institutions (CDFIs) involving 336 charter schools found a foreclosure rate of 1 percent, lower than the corporate sector debt - default rate of about 3 percent.

The next policy paper, Red Flags: Over-Leveraged Debt, will delve into the debt and bond structures underpinning charter sector debt and property acquisition.

CSDC's lending activities have leveraged $ 25 million in additional private sector debt financing and often enabled its borrowers to obtain 100 % financing for their projects at interest rates ranging from 5 - 8 % and amortizations up to 25 years.

Bill is heavily involved in the management for our key public sector debt clients.

We have government debt, corporate debt, and a much larger Fed balance sheet (which, some people argue, drove bond buying by the public), but those are offset by a significant deleveraging in household and financial sector debt.

In addition, the average duration of Canadian household sector debt is significantly shorter than its US equivalent, primarily reflecting differences in the structure of the Canadian and US mortgage markets.

To date the stock of energy sector debt has been almost halved.

The first four years of the process were characterized by private sector debt reduction, the vast majority of which was absorbed by public coffers.

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.

In the 2006 Budget, the government promised to reduce the deficit by $ 3 billion per year; to reduce the federal debt - to - GDP ratio to 25 per cent by 2012 - 13; to eliminate the total government sector debt (which includes the federal, provincial and local governments as well as the Canada and Quebec pension plans) by 2021; and finally, to keep the growth in program expenses below the rate of growth in nominal GDP.

This finding points to the need for a coherent framework for weighing the relative financial and macroeconomic consequences of accumulating public sector versus private sector debt.

The reduction in public sector debt has been larger in Australia than in the United States (and elsewhere) and the short - term outlook is for this to continue.

By transferring to the private sector ownership of Canada Post, the federal government can eliminate a major drain on public finances and move closer to the goals of eliminating the fiscal deficit and paying down public sector debt.

In its last assessment, S&P said that Portugal's outlook was stable, «balancing our expectation of further budgetary consolidation and likely receding banking sector risks over the next two years against the risks of a weakening external growth environment and vulnerabilities related to high private - and public - sector debt.»

Comments: «We are entering the fifth year post «The Great Contraction» with considerable progress made in deleveraging the financial and household sectors; however, the most complex stage - stabilizing public sector debt - remains a formidable challenge.

«A better understanding of the medium - term trade - off of private sector versus public sector debt will be helpful in developing stronger guidance around the monetary / fiscal policy mix,» Poloz said in his speech.

«net private sector debt is actually quite low and on par with the 70s» — Stock buy - backs have pushed up debt.

Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou proposed calling a referendum on a private sector debt - restructuring plan agreed with the creditors as part of a second bailout package in October 2011.

«That turned out to be wrong, as a painful process of balance - sheet deleveraging — reflecting excessive private - sector debt, and then its carryover to the public sector — implies that the recovery will remain, at best, below - trend for many years to come.»

The relatively high level of Canadian private - sector debt is a known cause of concern for the Bank of Canada, and rightly so.

But since 2000, when the government last balanced its books, public sector debt has climbed from 28 % of national income to more than 86 %.