Paying down private and public debt simultaneously depresses growth.

That means paying down debt and rebuilding savings, leaving consumer demand mired in protracted weakness.

They are more focused on paying down massive debt overhangs built up before the crisis than on assuming new debt and boosting aggregate demand.

Consumers are diverting what little income they earn away from spending toward paying down debt and rebuilding savings.

Moreover, the US is paying for these wars with debt.

Trapped in the aftermath of a wrenching balance sheet recession, US families remain fixated on deleveraging paying down debt and rebuilding their income based saving balances.

When the bubbles burst, households understandably became fixated on balance sheet repair namely, paying down debt and rebuilding personal savings, rather than resuming excessive spending habits.

Prepayments involve paying off at par the outstanding stock of debt.

When both bubbles burst, over extended US households had no choice but to cut back and rebuild their damaged balance sheets by paying down outsize debt burdens and rebuilding depleted savings.

Down with Debt Weight

Or it could be a soft default in which Greece unilaterally services its existing debt with new debt rather than paying in cash.

Many developing countries have made progress since the 1990 s in shifting from dollar denominated debt toward foreign direct investment and other types of capital inflows, or in paying down their liabilities altogether.

Trapped in the aftermath of a wrenching balance sheet recession, US families remain fixated on deleveraging paying down debt and rebuilding their income based saving balances. Progress has been slow and limited on both counts.

India's government debt exceeds 70 of GDP, so more than half its tax receipts go to paying interest.

Paying down debt on credit cards or mortgages also counts as saving but increases in the value of existing assets like stocks or real estate do not, even though they increase the value of household wealth.

The transitional independent privatization agency proposed by Jean Claude Juncker for paying the Greek debt is not a good idea. First, it would at best aim to solve the debt problem it would not increase competitiveness.

His companions, however, remain unconvinced and seem resigned to failing to find an alternative to the neo liberal taxation model for paying the foreign debt.

When we do not invest adequately in peacebuilding, we find ourselves paying much more for renewed peacekeeping efforts down the line.

To escape from this morass, Greece needs a massive debt write down.

Europe means nothing but sacrifice northern Europeans paying for southern Europe s woes through large transfers, or southern Europeans repaying onerous and maybe impossible levels of debt.

Had Greece quickly written down its debt burden by two thirds, it would have been able to shed its crushing debt overhang.

First, they will not be weighed down by high levels of public debt.

In the middle of Ahmadinejad's speech, a group of textile workers walked in whose factory had been shut down without paying their salaries.

Whenever they go bathing, they follow the same path, first raising concerns over what will happen if Argentina pays back its foreign debt, and then inevitably paying back the debt under strong pressure from the International Monetary Fund and the US.

Do you demand some recompense from them that would weigh them down with debt ?

Do you demand some recompense from them that would weigh them down with debt ?

Paying for Productivity

Paying (for) Attention

China must exercise the foresight needed to begin paying this debt now, when it is manageable, rather than allowing it to accumulate and, ultimately, threaten to bankrupt us all.

Households in the United States, having spent too much, are now weighed down by debt.

Or askest thou them for a wage , and so they are weighed down with debt ?

Or askest thou them for a wage , and so they are weighed down with debt ?

Do you ask them for a reward , so that they are weighed down with debt ?

Or do you ask of them a payment , so they are by debt burdened down ?

Or askest thou them for a wage , and so they are weighed down with debt ?

Or askest thou them for a wage , and so they are weighed down with debt ?

Do you ask them for a reward , so that they are weighed down with debt ?

Or do you ask of them a payment , so they are by debt burdened down ?

This time I'm paying.

Stop Paying the Polluters

If these diligent payers are eventually expected to default, writing down their debt today makes sense.

Debt restructuring writing down the debts of homeowners and, in some cases, governments will be key.

And, if the BRICs slow down, they may be more prone to debt and currency crises.

Or , do you ask them for a wage , so that they become weighed down in debt ?

Or , do you ask them for a wage , so that they become weighed down in debt ?