Without boosting debt or issuing new stock, this company can keep paying its dividend for years to come, simply by carefully reinvesting the $1.08 per share, or $74.2 million, in FFO not disbursed to shareholders.
The U.S. is boosting debt sales to fund such programs as the Treasury's $700 billion bank bailout and the Federal Reserve's purchases of commercial paper to thaw credit markets.
The boss of one European bank thinks the Basel rules will cause borrowers to move away from banks and into bond markets, boosting debt-origination business for some investment banks.
Mr Shibata says if it were the latter, it would boost the debt side of the debt-equity ratio, not the equity side.
A boost in debt issuance from Germany would increase certainty surrounding the ability of the ECB to continue its QE efforts as needed and thus continue purchasing bonds from other nations as well--many of which desperately need it.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, acknowledged that "we're in the fourth quarter here" as the two sides try to find a way to boost the debt limit by Aug. 2, when the administration says an extension is needed to avoid a catastrophic federal default.
As for governments, the IMF has studied four previous episodes of lowflation Italy in 1912, Switzerland in 1996 and 2001, and Japan in 1986—and found on average they boosted public debt to GDP ratios by 1.25 percentage points per year.This is not a good time for such boosts.
Essenta's headquarters will be in Dublin, providing a boost for debt-laden Ireland, which is close to agreeing an emergency bailout following a loss of confidence by international investors.
Korea's top 10 chaebol conglomerates reportedly boosted total debt by 43% to about $62 billion in 1997 and badly need the capital and services of the recapitalizers.
Its task would be easier if the central bank cut interest rates: growth and tax revenues would be boosted and debt-service costs reduced.
