Greater reliance on equity would give banks a much larger cushion to absorb losses.

In particular, if the firm s equity capital erodes, the government should not provide funds (directly or indirectly) to increase the cushion available to bondholders.

Fortunately, China s relatively strong fiscal and foreign exchange positions can cushion the economy against short term shocks.

Start with equity.

Moreover, the European welfare state will cushion the impact of the economic crash, at least for some time.

i. Gender Equity Policy

Promoting greater gender equity.

Regulators then shifted to edicts requiring banks to maintain a specified capital cushion, thick enough to cover potential losses.

Emerging market policymakers believe that they lack recourse to safety nets that would cushion the impact of volatile flows.

At the time the French government favoured new technology, exploring the production of hovercraft and the Aérotrain air cushion vehicle.

Taming the Private Equity Locusts

Employment equity and workplace diversity

Equity structures have also benefited from logistical support (computers, office facilities) and from technical assistance (National Equity Committee).

The quality of cut can be inferior if the grass is pushed away from the blade by the cushion of air.

However, to the extent that public investment grows, aggregate demand increases correspondingly, generating some growth and creating a cushion against recession.

Higher equity capital requirements, for example, require banks to fund themselves with relatively more equity and relatively less debt.

Subprogramme 4 Social development and equity

We therefore call for fairer rules to govern international business and trade, in particular measures to cushion the impacts of adverse changes.

As a further enhancement to the Australian Government's equity provisions for higher education students, the Higher Education Equity Support Programme was introduced in 2005 following a review of higher education equity measures under the reforms.

Increase of access to education and equity

Gender Equity Policy and The Nine Benchmarks

It funded the investment imperatives of economic development and boosted the cushion of foreign exchange reserves that has shielded China from external shocks.

Indeed, if, as some believe, only a fraction of the banks equity is at risk, the potential debt equity swaps would be minuscule.

The Pay Equity Act was adopted in 1996.

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Development in equity and democracy is the formula.

Equity interest the Equity interest, which shall take effect at the time the applicant applies for a contract for exploitation, shall include the following

Under Chapter 11, companies with a solid underlying business generally swap debt for equity. Old equity holders are wiped out and old debt claims are transformed into equity claims in the new entity which continues operating with a new capital structure.

This breakdown suggests that the 8 trillion cushion would be sufficient to offset potential losses arising from higher risk credit in China s commercial banking sector.

Such an arrangement would provide a cushion to protect investors from potential or unanticipated declines in the expected flow of revenue available for debt servicing.

In a few weeks, we will put in place a social safety net that will cushion the impact of high oil prices on the poor.

In recognition of these concerns, negotiating partners needed to seek to extend adequate transitory adjustment support measures to cushion developing countries from anticipated trade shocks.

Regulators might consider imposing pro cyclical equity requirements increasing the equity percentage in boom times in order to offset losses in the inevitable bust times.

Banks often oppose higher equity asset ratios, because equity capital is more expensive than debt capital. But this is precisely because of the lemon effect.

(c) Good governance and equity at the international level

Many countries tax systems hugely favor debt over equity.

Equity markets were subjected to disclosure and transparency requirements.

Special communiqué on violence against women and gender equity

Special communiqué on violence against women and gender equity

Tina Ilo Assistant Equity Officer, Department of Strategic Management

To effect these plans, an Equity Desk was established under the Department of Strategic Management and a Social Equity Task Force with representatives from both Government and civil society organizations were appointed to monitor the development and implementation of the Gender Equity Policy.

Its core was the belief that the state could provide both stable economic growth and social welfare to cushion the negative side effects of free markets.

Indeed, if official funding were junior, it would be providing a larger cushion to private creditors and thus bailing them out to an even greater extent.

He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, Teacher, don't you care that we are dying?

The critics arguments about the benefits of equity are equally unsatisfying. Of course, given a set of bank assets, more equity would reduce the risk of failure.