Sentence examples for increasing its debts from inspiring English sources
DANIEL J. ARBESS Manhattan, Jan . 13* To the Editor: The debt-ceiling issue is not about the government stopping paying its existing bills and defaulting on its existing debts — it is about whether the government will continue on its current path of increasing its debts through spending more than the taxes it receives.
At the moment, investors are assuming that they are being used mostly for the latter purpose.In November 2000, Enron restated its financial statements, reducing its profits by $591m over four years and increasing its debts by $628m.
And although the deficit - the annual rate at which the government is increasing its debts - has fallen around five percentage points from the peak of 2009, the deficit remains bigger than that of all other rich developed nations.
The company also said that it was considering increasing its debt, expanding its share-buyback program and making acquisitions while concentrating on its main gaming and entertainment business.
The deal will allow Telecom Italia to use TIM's healthy cashflow to service its debts and improve its credit rating, although it will have to borrow to finance the deal, temporarily increasing its debt burden.Meanwhile, Sprint announced a $3 billion investment in its mobile-phone networks.
Argentina has argued that violating this clause would risk a flood of bondholder claims and could leave officials vulnerable to criminal prosecution for increasing its debt.
By contrast, return on capital -- a measure preferred by many money managers -- reflects current leverage but won't show whether a company has been increasing its debt burden, Mr. Thorndike said.
But, in recent weeks, more of the proceeds have gone to pay dividends to private equity owners, a move that can weaken a company by increasing its debt load without strengthening its underlying business.
In addition to Argentine officials, Mr Blustein also interviewed officers at the International Monetary Fund and its political master, the United States' Treasury.The result is an engrossing inside account of how, despite the best of intentions, the Fund's two loans to Argentina in 2001 ended up merely prolonging the country's agony and increasing its debt burden.
