Household debt-service ratio is at an all-time high.    From Wordnik.com.  [Astonishing Incongruities: Is It Time to Bail Out of the US?] Reference

A 30 percent debt-service ratio is termed "unmanageable.".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Thus today's debt-service burdens of 20 to 25% on poor countries are extreme.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saskia Sassen: Haiti and the Catastrophic Role of the International Financial System] Reference

This, in turn, will free up some debt-service payments to be used on other things.    From Wordnik.com.  [Henry Blodget: New Bailout Actually Working!] Reference

Another ominous sign: The household debt-service ratio has jumped to a record 13.7%.    From Wordnik.com.  [Betting On Bond ContrariansBond Contrarians Say Market Is Wrong Again] Reference

Consumers and private business were also laboring under record-high debt-service payments.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Recession's Over (Shhh!)] Reference

On external debt, the study says that a debt-service ratio higher than 20 percent is "constrictive.".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Debt entails debt-service costs, which crowd out productive public investment and force higher taxes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joe Minarik: "Good Debt" and "Bad Debt?"] Reference

Mozambique is benefiting from debt-service relief under the IMF-World Bank program for poor countries.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

But they can finesse that issue by selling swaps or some other derivative to cut their debt-service bill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mark Sanford Takes The Heat - Dan_McLaughlin’s blog - RedState] Reference

The issuer-reported debt-service coverage and loan-to-value ratios are 1.93 and 51.7 percent, respectively.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New CMBS] Reference

The savings rate has jumped to 5.3 percent, while household debt-service burdens have been cut by228 billion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ron Insana: What the Doomsayers Don't Say to You] Reference

The debt-service ratio (the percent of after-tax income that goes to pay off debts) is at an all-time high of 13.6%.    From Wordnik.com.  [SOFT NUMBERS INDICATE HARD LANDING AHEAD] Reference

The company said it will keep making debt-service payments on that project, which it originally had planned to open in May.    From Wordnik.com.  [Revival of Downtown Los Angeles Stalls] Reference

The Oriental Economist's Richard Katz points out that Tokyo's debt-service burden is the lowest it has been in two decades.    From Wordnik.com.  [Will Japan Default?] Reference

They're in compliance with the existing 60-40 equity rule, and projections put them in compliance with the debt-service rule.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Cycle of ownership changing again] Reference

At the same time, the debt-service ratio (the ratio of debt payments to personal disposable income) has increased to 15 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters to the Editor] Reference

Ms. Hart notes that debt-service payments have jumped 39% over the past five years, outstripping the 25% rise in disposable income.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fate Worse Than Debt:] Reference

If there is a debt-service shortfall, the investors in the property would have to put up more cash or face the possibility of foreclosure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commercial Property Loses Shelter] Reference

It aims to reduce its indebtedness and debt-service obligations through the repurchase, which it will fund from internal sources, the company said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Galaxy Entertainment Offers to Buy Back Bonds] Reference

Moderating house-price inflation, or even price declines, together with increasing debt-service costs may leave more households financially distressed.    From Wordnik.com.  [ECB Cites Rising Bank-Sector Risks] Reference

Mr. Frank could help by writing about the size of the debt-service obligation we have been accumulating, which will become an increasing drag on the economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Austerity Trap Is No Myth, as Debt-Service Costs Rise] Reference

Moderating house prices, or even price declines, combined with rising debt-service costs, could pinch households, leaving more of them financially distressed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Merrill Chooses Thain as New CEO] Reference

The Camden County facility, which faces keen competition from nearby Pennsylvania, has had its debt-service reserve fund depleted since 1999, Fitch Ratings said.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Jersey County Trash Authority Is Expected to Avoid Default] Reference

An "unthinkable" occurrence such as a missed debt-service payment by California almost certainly would cause spreads marketwide to blow out, at least temporarily.    From Wordnik.com.  [California's (De)Fault Lines Jostle Munis] Reference

Moody's believes TD Ameritrade's debt-service capacity and credit profile will remain consistent with the ratings, even in the unlikely event that pretax earnings drop by half.    From Wordnik.com.  [Moody's Upgrades TD Ameritrade] Reference

And to the extent deficits are funding consumption and debt-service costs -- which, increasingly,. is what our deficits are doing -- they cannot possibly help our productivity.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Penny Earned] Reference

Household debt-service ratio was at an all-time high.    From Wordnik.com.  [Infowars] Reference

That will allow the city to fund the additional projects without increasing its debt-service level, Poynter said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal] Reference

Other factors include BexarMet's adequate long-term water supply, strong debt-service coverage and good liquidity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boston Business News - Local Boston News | Boston Business Journal] Reference

Fitch notes that the utility made its required debt-service payment in fiscal 2008, in part, through the use of pooled funds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Business Wire Travel News] Reference

Its average LTV ratio, for instance, is 53.7 percent, and the debt-service coverage ratio is 1.88, figures unheard of during the go-go.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commercial Property Executive] Reference