In most cases, debt consolidation is unlikely to solve
underlying debt problems.
Not exact matches
The government's failure to tackle the big
underlying problem — deep rooted corruption and mismanagement in Brasilia — was «distressing,» said one fund manager who trades sovereign
debt.
Many of the key actions lie in strengthening the fiscal system since the country's
debt problems are merely symptoms of
underlying weaknesses in the way that resources are being raised and allocated.
According to U.S. News and World Report,
debt consolidation is a poor choice primarily because consumers think they've addressed the issue and fail to solve the
underlying problem, which is financial mismanagement.
The second two items reflect the grim reality that
underlying this recession is a
debt problem that has to be addressed before the economy can get healthy again.
The consensus seems to be that the bailout is probably sufficient to keep the Greek
debt crisis from spreading to other
debt - burdened countries, including Portugal and Spain, but it doesn't go nearly far enough to address Europe's
underlying economic
problems.
Sadly, lowering the maximum a payday lender can charge will not solve the
underlying problem, which is too much other
debt.
Replacing one
debt with another is not a good idea if you still haven't addressed the
underlying behavior which got you into the
problem.
Once again, you can order your
debts in a way that works for you; the important thing is to make progress and pay off your
debt in a way that allows you to fix your
underlying money
problems as you go along.
Simply taking out a
debt consolidation loan won't solve the
underlying problem.
While a
debt consolidation loan may reduce your monthly
debt payments, it will not solve the
underlying problem of excessive spending.
If its something more fundamental like LIBOR rates dramatically increasing like in 2008, or the
debt scenario I mentioned above, thats when I tend to get a little more cautious and err on the do nothing side, as these are real
problems that affect the
underlying economy.
Painful struggles with increasing firm overdrafts and personal
debt are symptomatic of
underlying structural
problems with the profession, and the cash flow challenges facing many firms are just another indicator that it's time to get out before the interest rates rise and bankruptcy looms large.