Sentence examples for debts dropped from inspiring English sources

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.

The fall in unsecured borrowing was driven by consumers repaying loans and overdrafts, with outstanding debts dropping by 7%, while credit card borrowing grew by 5.5% year-on-year.

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.

Prices for government debt dropped sharply, pushing yields on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note to 2.99percentt, up from 2.92 Thursday.

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

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

The number of home loans in arrears also fell: those with outstanding payments worth at least 2.5% of their mortgage debt dropped to 186,300 from 196,400 in the final three months of 2009.