But what happens
when debt levels are too high, so that many debts are incapable of being paid?
Today, CNBC constantly tells us that the consumer is 70 % of the economy... undoubtedly true
when debt levels were expanding.
It isn't that hard to create, but it is hard to create well, particularly
when debt levels are high, as in this environment.
When the debt levels again reach the point where we have another recession, what is going to be the fallback this time, other than more debt?
An important study by Rogoff and Rheinhart in 2013 came to the conclusion that
when debt levels reached 90 per cent of GDP growth indeed would suffer.
When debt levels are low, reforms aimed at improving productivity, if they are correctly designed and implemented, can result in the higher productivity and GDP growth that could, in principle, allow a country to «grow» its way out of debt.
In fact there is a regular pattern that we see
when debt levels rise in a country to the point at which either we suffer from a debt crisis or from a lost decade of difficult adjustment.
Not exact matches
In fact, it's closing in on a
level last seen toward the end of 2012,
when Congress stared down the fiscal cliff, refusing to authorize a new
debt limit.
So just how are mortgage delinquency rates so incredibly low at a time
when household
debt levels relative to incomes have never been higher?
Pretty much from his first statements as governor in 2013 — that's about $ 100,000 ago in real estate appreciation terms — through to last week
when the bank released its latest financial system review, Poloz has walked a tightrope between admitting that elevated house prices and
debt levels pose a risk to the economy, and assuring Canadians that the likelihood of a crash is actually pretty low.
If we came to learn that excessive household
debt posed a bigger threat to economic growth than does a certain
level of government
debt, then policy makers would want to take that into account
when setting interest rates.
The central bank has concerns about the ability of households to keep paying down their high
levels of
debt when interest rates continue their rise, as is widely expected over the coming months.
After both previous major crises —
when private and public
debt levels were relatively high — slower
debt growth, selective
debt re-structuring and a long period of reflation have been the solution.
International investors have become more interested in China - related opportunities after a period
when worries over China's
debt levels suppressed their appetite.
When growth is most needed, when a country is suffering from excessively high levels of debt, it is hard to find many cases in which the aggressive implementation of reforms led to growth rates fast enough for the debtor to grow its way out of d
When growth is most needed,
when a country is suffering from excessively high levels of debt, it is hard to find many cases in which the aggressive implementation of reforms led to growth rates fast enough for the debtor to grow its way out of d
when a country is suffering from excessively high
levels of
debt, it is hard to find many cases in which the aggressive implementation of reforms led to growth rates fast enough for the debtor to grow its way out of
debt.
You may dismiss this as politically unthinkable, but
when the next recession comes, we will start with much higher
debt levels than we had in 2008.
The fragility of Italy's application — high
levels of
debt, runaway deficits — was underscored the next year
when Italy was expelled from the exchange rate mechanism and came close to running out of money.
The company's net
debt increased to about 12.5 billion euros ($ 15.6 billion) by the end of March, nearing the
level reached a decade ago
when former CEO Jean - Marie Messier's acquisition binge left the company close to bankruptcy.
When this happens and as
debt levels rise relative to
debt servicing capacity, at some point the major stakeholders — including businesses, creditors, household savers, workers and so on — became uncertain enough about how this gap will be allocated that they take steps to protect themselves from this uncertainty.
This typically occurs
when interest rates decline and the issuer has incentive to refinance their
debt at lower prevailing
levels of interest rates.
Additionally,
when the
debt is paid in full or paid down to a manageable
level, borrowers have the opportunity to boost their savings in other aspects of their financial lives.
The same goes for banks
when they are funded with excessively high
debt levels: Small declines in the value of their assets can quickly render them insolvent.
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When we talk about the risks looming on the horizon, one of the risks has to do with the high
level of public and private
debt.»
When considering applicants for home loans, banks and mortgage companies evaluate the borrower's
debt level in relation to his or her current income.
When you apply for a policy, the insurance company may take a look at your credit and
debt - to - income ratio to gauge your risk
level.
Especially
when you consider what's happened to the overall
debt level.
Stocks with a history of consistently growing their dividends have historically tended to perform well and exhibit less volatility in a rising rate environment, while high yielding dividends, often considered «bond - like proxies,» have tended to be more vulnerable (due to their high
debt levels) and have historically followed bond performance
when rates rise.
With the job market more competitive than ever and college grads burdened with astronomical
levels of student loan
debt, it's easy to see why millennials may choose to take a less aggressive approach
when it comes to managing their savings.
When I bought my home a decade ago, my high credit and low
debt levels meant that I still qualified for the best available interest rate at the time, even though I got an FHA loan with a small down payment.
In fact,
when it's all added up, total unfunded pension and retiree health care
debt across all
levels of Illinois government has grown to $ 267 billion.
When assessing how to fund growth, it's essential to calculate how much
debt you're already carrying — and your comfort
level adding to that
debt.
Contrary to the incessant spin that
debt levels and prices don't matter, they most certainly do
when the payments begin to rise on those artificially inflated assets.
It was also because these states had the highest
debt levels when house prices crashed.
Monetary policy has less room to maneuver
when interest rates are close to zero, while expansionary fiscal policy is likely both more effective and less costly in terms of increased
debt burden
when interest rates are pinned at low
levels.
Ignore the Margin
Debt Alarm The margin debt alarm has seemingly been sounded every few months when investors realize absolute levels of margin debt has reached new all - time highs (inferring that risk taking has too reached all - time high levels and stocks are at ri
Debt Alarm The margin
debt alarm has seemingly been sounded every few months when investors realize absolute levels of margin debt has reached new all - time highs (inferring that risk taking has too reached all - time high levels and stocks are at ri
debt alarm has seemingly been sounded every few months
when investors realize absolute
levels of margin
debt has reached new all - time highs (inferring that risk taking has too reached all - time high levels and stocks are at ri
debt has reached new all - time highs (inferring that risk taking has too reached all - time high
levels and stocks are at risk).
However, the crucial variable here is the
debt - servicing ratio — it is this which determines whether a household can keep its property
when there is an interruption to its cash flow, not the absolute
level of
debt (or the
debt to income ratio).
When the economy really does get bad, inflation will increase and the real value of the
debt will be reduced to a fraction of its current
level.
Three years ago
when sanchez joined us it looked like we were on the threshold of a wonderful new era with the stadium
debt at a more manageable
level and more funds available for the team.
«But
when they clarified the tax cap in 1994, under Gov. Jim Edgar, what they said was, whatever you had in outstanding
debt at that time, you can continue to bond at that
level.
At the same time, the state's
debt affordability is «steadily improving» and is at its best
level since the 1960s
when it comes to the ratio of
debt to statewide personal income.
This results in the realization that as soon as external conditions turn unfavorable — i.e.
when the free lunch of automatic growth and undiscovered deception is over — the likelyhood of almost any
level of
debt to be repaid is low.
«The problem of some people living on benefits
when they are able to work» (along with «Britain's overall
level of
debt») is one of the few things that many people think would be worse today had Labour won in 2010.
But
when Dr Bawumia and his party NPP were in opposition they criticized the Mahama government of having a voracious appetite for foreign loans which they claimed catapulted the country's
debt stock to unsustainable
levels.
Others — both at the national and statewide
levels — argue that it is not right for prisoners to get financial aid,
when the cost of going to college is skyrocketing which has led to a trillion dollar college
debt.
And
when you think of all we as a country invested over that period — in restoring the NHS, rebuilding schools, taking hundreds of thousands of pensioners out of poverty, ditto children — keeping the National
Debt below the
level they inherited from the Conservatives was a fantastic achievement.
Johnson said that
when the crisis hit Britain's
debt was the second lowest of any G7 country, that
debt interest
levels were 15 % lower than
when Labour came to office and the interest rates on UK
debt had been falling since the beginning of the year.
And it would end a great fraud that causes many college students to drop out — usually with heavy loan
debts to either repay or default on —
when they realize that they've been sorely misled as to their true preparedness for advanced -
level academics.
The threat to cut higher education assistance programs comes at a time
when states around the country are increasing tuition at public universities, community colleges are experiencing record enrollments and student
debt continues to reach record
levels each year.
Higher education funding remained 20 % below 2008
levels in 2015
when adjusted for inflation, driving up tuition by 40 % — putting college further out of reach and saddling students with more
debt.
What was the point in agonising over balance sheets and tedious analyses of risks — and why bother worrying about dizzying
levels of
debt and exposure to potential defaults —
when all good things come to those who are optimistic enough to expect them?»