The phrase "availability of cheap debt" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in discussions about finance, economics, or investment, particularly when referring to the ease of obtaining low-cost loans or credit.
Example: "The availability of cheap debt has encouraged many businesses to expand their operations and invest in new projects."
Alternatives: "access to low-cost financing" or "presence of affordable credit".
That virtually ended the boom for private equity firms, whose takeover business depends on the availability of cheap debt.
Emboldened by the availability of cheap debt, private equity firms borrowed more and more as they paid higher prices to strike more deals.
Improving global markets and the continued availability of cheap debt have lifted the value of buyout firms' holdings and opened the door to continued deal-making.
Private equity firms have been racing to spend their billions of dollars in investor capital, aided by the availability of cheap debt to finance their acquisitions.
Analysts said that while there was no question that Caterpillar was paying a hefty price for Bucyrus, the availability of cheap debt made that premium acceptable.
Debt levels for REITs have typically averaged 40percentt of market capitalization, though the figure exceeded 70percentt by the first quarter of this year, according to Mr. Case, a result of the deep drop in share prices and, for a few, the wide availability of cheap debt.
The preponderance of cheap debt has also supported buyout firms, which struck $51.4 billion worth of deals during the first quarter.
These trends seem to reflect a slowly growing global economy, together with the availability of very cheap debt.
"We are not back to where we were before the crisis, but we are seeing elements of pre-crisis behaviour," warned Howard Marks, co-founder of Oaktree, a distressed-debt specialist.The ready availability of cheap money is pushing up the prices of companies that private-equity firms might want to buy, he says.
But the availability of cheap cash also led to a sharp increase in debt and in credit-financed projects undertaken with little regard to their ability to pay off the loans.
I think that's because they've failed to realise that this acceleration of debt and credit and the ability to actually service that debt has been premised on this abundant availability of cheap fossil fuels.
