Banks have bought only short term assets, mainly with maturities of about three years (to match their liabilities with the ECB).

Official bankruptcy, a regular occurrence, required prolonging maturities on state debt and reducing interest payments.

The financial crisis has had a particularly profound impact on the supply of finance at longer maturities.

Continued reduction of interest rates and extension of repayment maturities have served only to prolong Greece s struggles.

The longer the bonds maturities, the less frequently governments have to come to the market for new loans.

France in the ancien régime repeatedly imposed semi default on its creditors by reducing interest rates and extending maturities.

They can ensure that the rules they have in place are consistent and favorable to funding investment projects with long maturities.

Ordinarily, a sharp rise in oil prices quickly translates into higher inflation expectations, followed by rising interest rates at all maturities.

First, as Lee Buchheit, the attorney who oversaw the Greek private restructuring, has proposed, maturities on official Greek debt could be greatly extended.

In any case, the eurozone seems stuck with near zero rates at increasingly long maturities. What does this actually mean for its investors and debtors?

In December 2004, Congo reached an agreement with Paris Club creditors to treat the maturities falling due between 2004 and 2007 under the Naples Terms.

The question is whether the change in coupons possibly coupled with an extension of maturities would be enough to stabilize the Greek economy and restore growth.

What's good? Short, short bullet points.

In June 2005 Peru offered to prepay at par up to 2 billion in principal maturities of its non ODA debt falling due between August 2005 and December 2009.

But positive net assets are not sufficient to eliminate financial risk, which also depends on asset structure (the liquidity of assets and the alignment of maturities of assets and liabilities).

Tom is short, but not as short as Mary.

The second element of the debt relief package would be more innovative If Greece s economy performs well, the generous extension of maturities can be clawed back or the interest rate raised.

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Short stories.

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For example, households and investment managers, reluctant to keep money in safe money market funds, instead seek to invest in securities with longer maturities and higher credit risk, so long as they offer extra yield.

Not only will those loans price fall if only a few entities have the spare funds to buy them, but other distressed entities scramble to borrow also will make it hard for any institution without funds to obtain them. Anticipating the prospect of such future fire sales (of loans, financial assets, or institutions), it is understandable that even strong banks will restrict their lending to very short maturities, and their investments to extremely liquid securities.

Ye have no other Allah save Him ! And give not short measure and short weight .

Ye have no other Allah save Him ! And give not short measure and short weight .

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I like short hair.

Life is very short.

We're short of something.

How short life is!

Time is growing short.

Take a short cut.

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Critics suggest that QE2 is really intended only to create inflationary expectations and thus encourage acquisition of more risky assets by reducing rates on Treasury bills with longer term maturities (5 7 years and 7 10 years).

In short, the Kyoto agreement meant lots of short term pain for little long run gain.

Let's take a short break.

Layla had messy short hair.

Layla had short brown hair.