Sentence examples for marketable debts from inspiring English sources

So-called "non marketable" debts, such as savings bonds and bonds owned by foreign governments cannot be bought back.

That's music to the ears of the U.S. government, which issued $1.6 trillion in marketable debt last year and another $562 billion in the first quarter of this year, according to market tracker Sifma.

Even if they are lending in local currency, foreign investors can still cause problems if they decide to stay away from particular markets en masse: foreign investors hold more than 50% of Peru's marketable debt, for example.

Treasury officials estimate that about 36percentt of the government's marketable debt — about $1.6 trillion — is coming due in the months ahead.

It is possible that banks have used financial engineering to take on risks that do not show on their balance sheets, which mostly look healthy.Credit quality has deteriorated rapidly in recent months, both for marketable debt and for bank loans.

The marketable debt is shrinking.

In their collective opinion, the rapid paydown of the Treasury's marketable debt will continue indefinitely.

Privately held U.S. government marketable debt is down from a peak of $2.6 trillion in 1997 to $2 trillion now.

Moreover, within the next decade Uncle Sam will be in hock for some $30 trillion almost triple the level of our marketable debt today unless Paul Ryan-like spending reforms are enacted.

- Use the upcoming increase in the $14.3 trillion debt limit to install a permanent ceiling on the marketable debt-to-GDP ratio at 50% and a floor on the average maturity of the debt at five years, enforced by escalating penalties on Washington when the limits are violated.

The Treasury Department on Monday said it expects to cut its "marketable" debt load by $35 billion in the current quarter, the first such reduction since the second quarter of 2007, when it shed $139 billion in debt.