Sentence examples for debt dropped from inspiring English sources

At the same time, yields on Greek, Portuguese and Spanish sovereign debt dropped sharply.

Last month, the Federal Reserve reported that consumer debt dropped by 4.5 percent in May, a $9 billion decline.

Credit-default swap rates on a basket of Western European government debt dropped 37 basis points to 296, the lowest rate since August, according to Markit.

He argues that "the positive legacy of that summit is still echoing across Africa: aid was doubled and third world debt dropped".

Today, the positive legacy of that summit is still being felt across Africa: aid was doubled and developing world debt dropped.

He eliminated 4,200 jobs, cut costs, paid down $150 million of debt, dropped consultants and improved service to retain "the good will of doctors," he said.

ROME — Financial market pressure on Italy eased temporarily on Wednesday, with borrowing rates on some government-issued debt dropping by half.

STOCKS AND BOND INVESTMENTS Both the stock and bond markets are expected to endure a period of volatility if the nation's debt drops a notch from its AAA perch.

The decision late Friday by the ratings agency Standard & Poor's to downgrade United States long-term debt, dropping it one level from AAA to AA+, was likely to ensure that nervousness continues into next week.

One gym has become a makeshift dormitory, with three-tiered bunks for 120 "special needs" prisoners (ie, inmates who risk assault because they have reneged on drug debts, dropped out of the prison gangs or are serving time for child-molesting).

By around 2005, Japan's banks had been forced to get their house in order by the then prime minister Junichiro Koizumi and his combative economics minister Heizo Takenaka, and were breathing easier as bad debts dropped to about half their 1999 levels.