Debt in a sentence

He stressed that government should reset its debt profile, adding that the country was moving from debt problem to debt crisis and if left unchecked, it would result in a debt trap.

At year-end, our weighted average cost of debt was approximately 3% and the weighted average maturity on our debt portfolio was approximately 6 years with no significant debt maturities until 2026.

Burgeman says the fund is divided, usually fairly evenly, into three buckets of assets - sovereign debt denominated in US dollars, sovereign debt denominated in local currencies, and corporate debt in dollars.

But debt comes with its pitfalls, such as higher overall cost of capital; financial risk as companies must generate cash flow to cover operational expenses and debt repayments; and covenants and restrictions imposed by debt agreements.

More than one-quarter (27 percent) of Americans say they have more debt compared to a year ago, 21 percent say they have less debt, and 49 percent say they have about the same amount of debt.

With debt being incurred at higher rates and tax money seemingly being spent more recklessly, the debt ceiling seems more like an apparatus to calm the American public rather than a lasting solution to limiting debt.

Another way to reduce credit card debt or to stop the cycle of debt is to save money while paying down the debt.

National Debt Advisors is South Africa’s leading debt counselling company, dedicated to helping South Africans struggling with their finances become debt-free in under 60 months.

Lenders will not only look at your student loans, but also will examine your other debt such as a mortgages, credit card debt or auto debt.

Measuring its debt against revenue, it means that the state’s revenue can only pay 49.9 per cent of the huge domestic debt while the external debt is hanging.

Then you get Tesla – it has not repaid a penny of equity or debt and is unlikely to do so since it does not make enough to even service debt, never mind repay debt or equity.

There is no reliable way to prove that the debt is valid, or that they actually own the debt, or that paying them will actually settle the debt.

Corporate debt has more than doubled since the last financial crisis, state and local governments are absolutely drowning in debt and unfunded pension liabilities, and the federal government is more than 22 trillion dollars in debt.

Economists contend that debt to GDP ratio has a maximum threshold of 50 percent, with 20 percent being domestic debt while 30 percent being foreign or external debt.

She was supported by the ministry’s Director of Public Debt, Khotso Moleleki, who said by incurring the M2, 4 billion debt, the government would only increase the debt from 42 to 43 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP).

A credible commitment to low levels of inflation and a stable debt reduces the risk that the value of the debt will be eroded by higher levels of inflation or default in the future, allowing debt to be issued at a lower nominal interest rate.

Chernow, p. 297. Hamilton divided the debt into national and state, and further divided the national debt into foreign and domestic debt.

Debt capacity If two firms have no or little capacity to carry debt before individually, it is possible for them to join and gain the capacity to carry the debt through decreased gearing (leverage).

Foreign debt Armenia's national debt has increased significantly since 2008 when public external debt consisted of only 13.5 percent of GDP.

Generally, a debtor declares bankruptcy to obtain relief from debt, and this is accomplished either through a discharge of the debt or through a restructuring of the debt.