Sentence examples for measures of debt from inspiring English sources

And even on official internationally comparable measures of debt, we are forecast to break through 90% of GDP in just two years time… To entrench economic stability for the long term, we need fundamental reform of our fiscal policy framework….As I have made clear, our aim will be to eliminate the bulk of the structural current budget deficit over a Parliament.

In this case, he said, Chesapeake's expensive contracts with Access might not just be the cost of operating, but another unusual long-term financial obligation that would weigh down the company, but which wouldn't be reflected in the normal measures of debt.

We did not, however, have any test of reliability and validity for our measures of debt and empowerment.

That prompted regulators to apply an older, less sophisticated measure of debt levels: the leverage ratio.

According to calculations by the Pew Research Center, the measure of debt to income for households under the age of 35 has ballooned to about 1.5-to-1 in 2010 from about 1-to-1 in 2001.

A Greek departure would have to be accompanied by "a package of substantive reforms of how the European Union is run, not just a bigger firewall, but a move to some measure of debt mutualization, of pan-euro-zone bank protection and regulation and a commitment to broaden the mandate of the European Central Bank," Mr. Tilford said.

Its language is rather technical, referring to leverage, which in this context is a measure of debt burdens.

"On any measure of debt sustainability, whether it's GDP, overall debt levels or GDP growth, the emerging countries are about twice as good as what you're seeing in developed markets," says Ceva.

But if interest payments as a share of revenues is the key measure of debt sustainability, then waiting until the last minute to act absolutely guarantees that only tax increases will calm financial markets.

Writing in the Financial Times last month, Mr Kotlikoff declared that America was in worse fiscal shape than Greece.Conventional measures of public debt show the legacy of past borrowing.

In fact, though, since the Lehman Brothers debacle in September 2008, the nations' total indebtedness has continued its inexorable rise, some measures of consumer debt are starting to rise again and the easy-money, no-money-down culture still prevails in crucial sectors.