Sentences with phrase «unusually high debt levels»

Thanks to unusually high debt levels and unusually low labor compensation in recent years, the earnings peak in 2007 was based on profit margins that were about 50 % above the historical average, and which have now collapsed.

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As for Fed easings, I continue to doubt the effectiveness of easy monetary policy in an environment where problem debt levels are unusually high and capital spending is retrenching.